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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| taxon = Aspidura
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| authority = [[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1830
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| subphylum = [[Vertebrata]]
| classis = [[Sauropsid]]a
| subclassis = [[Diapsida]]
| infraclassis = [[Lepidosauromorpha]]
| superordo = [[Lepidosauria]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| infraordo = [[Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Colubridae]]
| subfamilia = [[Natricinae]]
| genus = '''''Aspidura'''''
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'''''Aspidura''''' is a [[genus]] of the [[Colubridae]] [[family (biology)|family]] of [[snake]]s 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.
'''''Aspidura''''' is a [[genus]] of [[snake]]s in the [[subfamily]] [[Natricinae]] of the [[Family (biology)|Family]] [[Colubridae]]. The genus is [[Endemism|endemic]] to island of [[Sri Lanka]]. Member [[species]] are [[Common name|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''.<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL genus|genus=Aspidura}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref> The genus ''Aspidura'' comprises nine species, with the latest having been discovered in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2017/11/aspidura-ravanai.html |title=A New Species of ''Aspidura'' Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Sri Pada Sanctuary (Peak Wilderness), Sri Lanka |publisher=Novataxa Blogspot|accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref>


==Species==
==Species==
Tha following species are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB/>

* Boie's rough-sided snake ''[[Aspidura brachyorrhos]]'' Sri Lanka
*''[[Aspidura brachyorrhos]]'' {{small|([[Friedrich Boie|F. Boie]], 1827)}} – Boie's rough-sided snake
*''[[Aspidura ceylonensis]]'' {{small|([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1858)}} – black-spined snake
* Cope's rough-sided snake ''[[Aspidura copei]]'' Sri Lanka
*''[[Aspidura copei]]'' {{small|Günther, 1864}} – Cope's rough-sided snake
* Deraniyagala's rough-sided snake ''[[Aspidura deraniyagalae]]'' Sri Lanka
*''[[Aspidura deraniyagalae]]'' {{small|[[Carl Gans|Gans]] & [[species:Joseph R. Fetcho|Fetcho]], 1982}} – [[Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala|Deraniyagala's]] rough-sided snake
* Drummond-Hay's rough-sided snake ''[[Aspidura drummondhayi]]'' Sri Lanka
*''[[Aspidura desilvai]]'' {{small|[[Mendis Wickramasinghe|M. Wickramasinghe]], [[species:Imesh Nuwan Bandara|Bandara]], [[species:Dulan Ranga Vidanapathirana|Vidanapathirana]] & [[species:Nethu Wickramasinghe|N. Wickramasinghe]], 2019}} – De Silva's rough-sided snake
* Gunther's rough-sided snake ''[[Aspidura guentheri]]'' Sri Lanka
*''[[Aspidura drummondhayi]]'' {{small|[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1904}} – Drummond-Hay's rough-sided snake
* Common rough-sided snake ''[[Aspidura trachyprocta]]'' Sri Lanka
*''[[Aspidura guentheri]]'' {{small|[[William Ferguson (botanist)|Ferguson]], 1876}} – Günther's rough-sided snake
* Black-spined snake ''[[Aspidura ceylonensis]]'' Sri Lanka
*''[[Aspidura ravanai]]'' {{small|M. Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, [[species:H. K. Dushantha Kandambi|Kandambi]], [[species:Robert Alexander Pyron |Pyron]] & N. Wickramasinghe, 2017}} – Ravana's rough-sided snake
*''[[Aspidura trachyprocta]]'' {{small|[[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1860}} – common rough-sided snake


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Aspidura&species=drummondhayi

==Further reading==
*[[Johann Georg Wagler|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==
* http://biostor.org/reference/40976
* http://biostor.org/reference/40976
* http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/72/2/401.citation
* http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/72/2/401.citation{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* http://www.amazon.com/Aspidura-Serpentes-reptilia-Colubridae-Carnegie/dp/B00072JZSO
* https://www.amazon.com/Aspidura-Serpentes-reptilia-Colubridae-Carnegie/dp/B00072JZSO

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[[Category:Colubrids]]
[[Category:Aspidura]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Sri Lanka]]
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Revision as of 01:46, 22 October 2023

Aspidura
Aspidura trachyprocta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

  1. ^ a b Genus Aspidura at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ "A New Species of Aspidura Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Sri Pada Sanctuary (Peak Wilderness), Sri Lanka". Novataxa Blogspot. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

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).

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