Genus of snakes
Aspidura is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the Family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to island of Sri Lanka. Member species are commonly known as rough-sided snakes, except for A. ceylonensis, which is commonly known as the black-spined snake and was formerly in the genus Haplocercus.[1] The genus Aspidura comprises nine species, with the latest having been discovered in 2019.[2]
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Aspidura brachyorrhos (F. Boie, 1827) – Boie's rough-sided snake
- Aspidura ceylonensis (Günther, 1858) – black-spined snake
- Aspidura copei Günther, 1864 – Cope's rough-sided snake
- Aspidura deraniyagalae Gans & Fetcho, 1982 – Deraniyagala's rough-sided snake
- Aspidura desilvai M. Wickramasinghe, Bandara, Vidanapathirana & N. Wickramasinghe, 2019 – De Silva's rough-sided snake
- Aspidura drummondhayi Boulenger, 1904 – Drummond-Hay's rough-sided snake
- Aspidura guentheri Ferguson, 1876 – Günther's rough-sided snake
- Aspidura ravanai M. Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Kandambi, Pyron & N. Wickramasinghe, 2017 – Ravana's rough-sided snake
- Aspidura trachyprocta Cope, 1860 – common rough-sided snake
References
Further reading
- Wagler JG (1830). Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (in German and Latin). (Aspidura, new genus, p. 191).
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