Plectrurus is a genus of nonvenomous shield tail snakes endemic to the Western Ghats of South India.

[3] They inhabit high elevation montane Shola forests and are usually found under fallen logs and rocks.

The eyes are small, diameter not more than half the length of the ocular shield.

The terminal scute also is laterally compressed, with two superposed points.

This snake was last claimed to have been seen at the Chubra Hills in Wayanad, Kerala in 1880.