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Aspidura

Synonyms: Haplocercus

Wikipedia Abstract

Aspidura is a genus of the Colubridae family of snakes that is endemic to island of Sri Lanka 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 8 species.
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Species

Aspidura brachyorrhos (Boie's Rough-sided Snake) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Aspidura ceylonensis (Ceylon keelback) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Aspidura copei (Cope's Rough-sided Snake) (Endangered)
Aspidura deraniyagalae (Sri Lanka Rough-sided Snake) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Aspidura desilvai (de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake ) (Critically Endangered)
Aspidura drummondhayi (Drummond-Hay's Rough-sided Snake) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Aspidura guentheri (Günther's Rough-sided Snake) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Aspidura ravanai (Ravana’s Rough-side Snake) (Critically Endangered)
Aspidura trachyprocta (Common Rough-sided Snake) (Endangered) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0