Rhinophis erangaviraji

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Uropeltoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Henophidia Superfamilia: Uropeltoidea

Holotype: NMSL 20080601, adult ♂, collected by Dulan Vidanapathirana, Nayanaka Ranwella and L.J.M. Wickramasinghe on 5 December, 2007.
Type locality: “Enselwatte Estate, Sinharaja Division (Army Camp Forest), Rakwana hills, Matara District, Southern Province (N 06°23', E 080°36'), 1042 m”.

Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Vidanapathirana, D.R., Wickramasinghe, N. & Ranwella, P.N. 2009. A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Rakwana massif, Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 2044(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2044.1.1

Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. & Wickramasinghe, N. 2021. IUCN: Rhinophis erangaviraji (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197175A123311937. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T197175A123311937.en. Accessed on 05 August 2026.