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Aspidura

Poole, Karen E.

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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. The genus Aspidura comprises nine species, with the latest having been discovered in 2019.

Species

KINGDOM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
Observations recorded3,012,139,120

Aspidura[1] este un gen de șerpi din familia Colubridae.[1] Cladograma conform Catalogue of Life[1]: Aspidura Aspidura brachyorrhos Aspidura copei Aspidura deraniyagalae Aspidura drummondhayi Aspidura guentheri Aspidura trachyprocta Referințe ^ a b c Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). „Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist”. Species 2000: Reading, UK. Accesat în 24 september 2012. Verificați datele pentru: |access-date= (ajutor)Mentenanță CS1: Nume multiple: lista autorilor (link) Legături externe Wikispecies conține informații legate de Aspidura Acest articol referitor la o reptilă este un ciot. Puteți ajuta Wikipedia prin completarea sa.Acest infocasetă: v • d • mvizualizare • discuție • modificare

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
51
Family
Colubridae
Collections
CM, CAS, AMNH, ROM, FMNH, NHMUK
Recorded in
Sri Lanka, Ceylon

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Natricinae
Image
(Aspidura trachyprocta) Common rough-side Snake.jpg
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taxon name
Aspidura
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Aspidura
Commons category
Aspidura
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Encyclopedic overview

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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. The genus Aspidura comprises nine species, with the latest having been discovered in 2019.

==Species== The following species are recognized as being valid. Aspidura brachyorrhos – Boie's rough-sided snake Aspidura ceylonensis – black-spined snake Aspidura copei – Cope's rough-sided snake Aspidura deraniyagalae – Deraniyagala's rough-sided snake Aspidura desilvai – De Silva's rough-sided snake Aspidura drummondhayi – Drummond-Hay's rough-sided snake Aspidura guentheri – Günther's rough-sided snake Aspidura ravanai – Ravana's rough-sided snake Aspidura trachyprocta – common rough-sided snake

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aspidura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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