Aspidura

<i>Aspidura</i>

Aspidura

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]

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Species

Tha following species are recognized as being valid.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Genus Aspidura at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. [2]
    "A New Species of Aspidura Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Sri Pada Sanctuary (Peak Wilderness), Sri Lanka". Novataxa Blogspot. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

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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