''Aspidura'' is a
genus
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of the
Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...
family
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of
snake
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s that is endemic to island of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
which is commonly known as rough-sided snake, and as මැඩිල්ලා (maedilla) in
Sinhala. Black-spined snake which was once in the genus ''Haplocercus'' is now added to this genus. The genus is now comprised with 9 species, with the latest discovery in 2019.
Species
* Boie's rough-sided snake ''
Aspidura brachyorrhos
''Aspidura brachyorrhos'', commonly known as Boie's rough-sided snake and as ලේ මැඩිල්ලා (le medilla) in Sinhala, is a colubird species endemic to Sri Lanka. Bites from this species are known to cause mild local reaction, i ...
'' Sri Lanka
* Black-spined snake ''
Aspidura ceylonensis'' Sri Lanka
* Cope's rough-sided snake ''
Aspidura copei
''Aspidura copei'', commonly known as Cope's rough-sided snake or කලු මැඩිල්ලා (''kalu medilla'') in Sinhalese, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Etymology
The specifi ...
'' Sri Lanka
* Deraniyagala's rough-sided snake ''
Aspidura deraniyagalae'' Sri Lanka
*De Silva's rough-sided snake ''
Aspidura desilvai'' Sri Lanka
* Drummond-Hay's rough-sided snake ''
Aspidura drummondhayi'' Sri Lanka
* Gunther's rough-sided snake ''
Aspidura guentheri'' Sri Lanka
* Ravana's rough-sided snake ''
Aspidura ravanai'' Sri Lanka
* Common rough-sided snake ''
Aspidura trachyprocta
''Aspidura trachyprocta'', the common rough-sided snake, known as දලව මැඩිල්ලා (dalawa medilla) in Sinhala, is a colubrid species endemic to Sri Lanka.
Distribution
A commonly encountered small burrowing snake from midhi ...
'' Sri Lanka
References
* http://biostor.org/reference/40976
* http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/72/2/401.citation
* https://www.amazon.com/Aspidura-Serpentes-reptilia-Colubridae-Carnegie/dp/B00072JZSO
Aspidura
Reptiles of Sri Lanka
Snake genera
Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler
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