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Aspidura

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraclass
  
Lepidosauromorpha

Infraorder
  
Serpentes

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Superorder
  
Lepidosauria

Family
  
Colubridae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Diapsid

Aspidura httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Aspidura trachyprocta, Atretium, Afronatrix, Amphiesmoides ornaticeps, Hologerrhum

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.

Species

  • Boie's rough-sided snake Aspidura brachyorrhos Sri Lanka
  • Cope's rough-sided snake Aspidura copei Sri Lanka
  • Deraniyagala's rough-sided snake Aspidura deraniyagalae Sri Lanka
  • Drummond-Hay's rough-sided snake Aspidura drummondhayi Sri Lanka
  • Gunther's rough-sided snake Aspidura guentheri Sri Lanka
  • Common rough-sided snake Aspidura trachyprocta Sri Lanka
  • Black-spined snake Aspidura ceylonensis Sri Lanka

    • References

    Aspidura Wikipedia
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