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. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2370 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the Emperor Ravana, who is believed to have ruled Sri Lanka 5000 years ago. |
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