Aspidura ravanai

Aspidura ravanai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

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

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

Name

• Aspidura ravanai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Kandambi, Pyron & Wickramasinghe, 2017: 277

Holotype: NMSL-NH 2017.19.01, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Sri Pada upper region, Ratnapura district, Sabaragamuwa province, Sri Lanka, (06°48'28" N, 080°29'23" E, elevation 1,680 m a.s.l.)”

References

Primary references

• Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Vidanapathirana, D.R., Kandambi, H.K.D., Pyron, R.A. & Wickramasinghe, N. 2017. A New Species of Aspidura Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Sri Pada Sanctuary (Peak Wilderness), Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4347(2): 275–292. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.2.4. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Aspidura ravanai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 March 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Ravana’s Rough-side Snake