Rhinophis saffragamus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Uropeltoidea

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: Henophidia Superfamilia: Uropeltoidea

Familia: Uropeltidae
Genus: Rhinophis
Species: Rhinophis saffragamus

Name

Rhinophis saffragamus (Kelaart, 1853)

• Holotype: Unknown. [lost fide Taylor (1953)]
• Neotype: MNHN-RA-0.5621. [designated by Pyron et al. (2016: 485)]
• Type locality: “Ratnapoora . . . District of Saffragam, near Adam‘s Peak”.

Combinations

• Uropeltis saffragamus Kelaart, 1853: 106 [original combination]
• Rhinophis saffragamus — Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera, 2016: 485 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Kelaart, E.F. 1853. Description of new or little-known species of reptiles found in Ceylon. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 2(6): 102–116. BHL Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A., Ganesh, S.R., Sayyed, A., Sharma, V., Wallach, V. & Somaweera, R. 2016. A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Zoosystema 38(4): 453–506. DOI: 10.5252/z2016n4a2 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pyron, R.A. & Somaweera, R. 2019. Further notes on the Sri Lankan uropeltid snakes Rhinophis saffragamus (Kelaart, 1853) and Uropeltis ruhunae Deraniyagala, 1954. Zootaxa 4560(3): 592–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.13 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Rhinophis saffragamus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2020.
• Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. & Wickramasinghe, N. 2021. IUCN: Rhinophis saffragamus  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T115604249A115604270. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T115604249A115604270.en. Accessed on 20 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Large Shieldtail Earth Snake