Uropeltis macrorhyncha is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Uropeltidae.
[3] U. macrorhyncha is found in southern India in the Western Ghats: Anaimalai Hills, Madura District.
Also, Beddome, 1886, gives a type locality of "Anamallays, dense forests above Ponachi, at an elevation of 4000 feet.
[2] The preferred natural habitat of U. macrorhyncha is forest, at an altitude of about 1,200 m (3,900 ft).
The rostral is strongly laterally compressed, keeled above, ½ the length of the shielded part of the head.