Aspidura desilvai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Aspidura
Species: Aspidura desilvai

Name

Aspidura desilvai Wickramasinghe, Bandara, Vidanapathirana & Wickramasinghe, 2019: 266

• Holotype: NMSL-NH 2019.01.02, adult ♂, collected by L.J.M. Wickramasinghe and D.R. Vidanapathirana on 07 July 2018.
• Type locality: “Riverstone, Knuckles, Matale District, Central Province, Sri Lanka (07°31’39” N, 80°44’01” E, elevation 1420 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Bandara, I.N., Vidanapathirana, D.R. & Wickramasinghe, N. 2019. A new species of Aspidura Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Knuckles, World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4559(2): 265–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Aspidura desilvai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 April 2019.

Vernacular names

English: de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake