Aspidura ravanai WICKRAMASINGHE, VIDANAPATHIRANA, KANDAMBI, PYRON & WICKRAMASINGHE, 2017
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Aspidura ravanai
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Ravana’s rough-side snake Sinhala: Ravanage madilla |
| Synonym | Aspidura ravanai WICKRAMASINGHE, VIDANAPATHIRANA, KANDAMBI, PYRON & WICKRAMASINGHE 2017 |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka Type locality: Sri Pada upper regions, Ratnapura district, Sabaragamuwa province, Sri Lanka. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: NMSL NH 2017.19.01, adult male; paratypes (n=3) DWC 2017.05.01, adult female 414 mm SVL; DWC 2017.05.02, adult male 218 mm SVL; collected by L.J.M. Wickramasinghe, D.R. Vidanapathirana, S.C. Ariyarathne, A.W.A. Chanaka, D. Kandambi and M.D.G. Rajeev, Collection Date: February 5, 2010. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: snout to eye distance 0.3 times the head length (SE/HL); prefrontals touching eye; preocular small, does not touch supraocular; postoculars 2, lower one larger than the upper; temporal 1+2/1+2; supralabials 6/6, 4th touching eye; infralabials 6/6, first pair in contact, progressively increasing in size from 1st to 6th; anterior chin shields 2, large, touching 1–4 infralabials; posterior chin shields 2, anterior half in contact while the posterior half separated by 1st ventral; ventrals 132–139; subcaudals 20–29; dorsal scale rows 15–15–15; ischiadic, anal and tail base regions in the adults of both sexes keeled, with 1–3 peaks on each scale, more pronounced in males, spinose tubercles absent (Figures 5); entire dorsum jet black; bright yellow line from base of tail to tail end; venter black with bright yellow blotching all over. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after the Emperor Ravana, who is believed to have ruled Sri Lanka 5000 years ago. |
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