Aspidura

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

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).