Biology:Aspidura

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Short description: Genus of snakes


Aspidura
(Aspidura trachyprocta) Common rough-side Snake.jpg
Aspidura trachyprocta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genus: Aspidura
Wagler, 1830

Aspidura is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the Family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to island of Sri Lanka. Member species are commonly known as rough-sided snakes, except for A. ceylonensis, which is commonly known as the black-spined snake and was formerly in the genus Haplocercus.[1] The genus Aspidura comprises nine species, with the latest having been discovered in 2019.[2]

Species

Tha following species are recognized as being valid.[1]

References

Further reading

  • Wagler JG (1830). Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (in German and Latin). (Aspidura, new genus, p. 191).

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2469462 entry