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Aspidura ceylonensis (GÜNTHER, 1858)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ceylon Keelback 
SynonymHaplocercus ceylonensis GÜNTHER 1858: 15
Aspidura carinata JAN 1862 (fide SMITH 1943)
Haplocercus ceylonensis — BOULENGER 1893: 309
Haplocercus ceylonensis — WALL 1908: 784
Haplocercus ceylonensis — WALL 1921: 143
Haplocercus ceylonensis — SMITH 1943: 341
Haplocercus ceylonensis — DAS 1996: 57
Aspidura ceylonensis — PYRON et al. 2013
Aspidura ceylonensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 58 
DistributionSri Lanka

Type locality: Ceylon  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.12.27 (and possibly additional specimens). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (929 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentTaxonomy: previously an “incertae sedis” taxon by placed in Natricidae by Pyron et al. 2013. 
EtymologyNamed after its distribution on Ceylon (= Sri Lanka). 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London, I - XVI, 1 - 281 - get paper here
  • Jan, G. 1865. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 13. Livraison. [Homalosoma mite]. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
  • KANDAMBI, D.; N. ABEYRATHNA, D.S. DE SILVA & S. KARUNARATHNA. 2021. An unusual body colouration of Ceylon roughside snake (Aspidura ceylonensis). Taprobanica 10(2): 126–126. - get paper here
  • Pyron, R. Alexander; H.K. Dushantha Kandambi, Catriona R. Hendry, Vishan Pushpamal, Frank T. Burbrink, Ruchira Somaweera 2013. Genus-level phylogeny of snakes reveals the origins of species richness in Sri Lanka. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66 (3): 969-978 - get paper here
  • Pyron, R.A.; Frank T Burbrink, John J Wiens 2013. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evol Biol 13: 93 - get paper here
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • Taylor, Edward H. 1953. Report on a collection of Ceylonese serpents. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 35 (14): 1615-1624 - get paper here
  • Wall, FRANK 1921. Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R. Cottle, govt. printer), Colombo. xxii, 581 pages - get paper here
  • Wall,F. 1908. Remarks on some recently acquired snakes. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18: 778-784 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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