Uropeltis macrolepis is found in Maharashtra (Phansad – near Supegaon, Mahabaleshwar, Koyna, Lonavla), India.

Type locality of Uropeltis macrolepis mableshwarensis = "Mahableshwar, Satara district, Bombay State", India.

[1] Uropeltis macrolepis is black or dark purplish brown both dorsally and ventrally, with each scale lighter-edged.

The rostral is less than ¼ of the length of the shielded part of the head, the portion visible from above shorter than its distance from the frontal.

The end of the tail is obliquely truncate, flat dorsally, with strongly bicarinate scales.