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Aspidura brachyorrhos (BOIE, 1827)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Boie's Rough-sided Snake 
SynonymScytale brachyorrhos BOIE 1827: 517
Aspidura scytale — WAGLER 1830: 191
Calamaria scytale SCHLEGEL 1837 (fide SMITH 1943)
Aspidura scytale — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 128
Aspidura scytale — JAN 1865
Aspidura brachyorrhos — BOULENGER 1890
Aspidura brachyorrhus — BOULENGER 1893: 311
Aspidura brachyorrhos — WALL 1921: 204
Aspidura brachyorrhos — SMITH 1943: 336
Aspidura brachyorrhos — GANS & FETCHO 1982: 286
Aspidura brachyorrhos — DAS 1996: 54
Aspidura brachyorrhos — MATTISON 2007: 230
Aspidura brachyorrhos — WALLACH et al. 2014: 58 
DistributionSri Lanka

Type locality: "Java," (in error). Corrected to Ceylon by Boie, 1831. Restricted to Sri Lanka by Gans and Fetcho, 1982: 286.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: lost, was IRSNB, a 207 mm specimen, lost fide Gans and Fetcho, 1982: 285. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): The snake genus Aspidura Wagler, 1830 is endemic to Sri Lanka. They are commonly known as Rough-side snakes due to the presence of keeled scales on the ischiadic region. Rough-side snakes are non-venomous, burrowing species with snout-vent lengths ranging from 170 mm to 736 mm (de Silva 1980), and a subconical or semicircular head with an indistinct neck. Due to the presence of a pointed snout, they are well adapted to a burrowing and sub-terrestrial or fossorial lifestyle. They are further characterized in scalation by the absence of a loreal, single internasal, and an undivided anal (Boulenger 1890; Wall 1921; Smith 1943; Deraniyagala 1955; de Silva 1980; Gans & Fetcho 1982, Wickramasinghe et al. 2017).


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CommentType species: Scytale brachyorrhos BOIE 1827 is the type species of the genus Aspidura WAGLER 1830: 191.

Key: for a key to the species in Sri Lanka see ATTHANAGODA et al. 2024: 84. 
References
  • ATTHANAGODA, A., KUMARA, S., DE SILVA, A. N. S. L. E. M., MADURAPPERUMA, B., MADAWALA, M., & KARUNARATHNA, S. 2024. THE DISTRIBUTION, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY OF Aspidura copei GUNTHER, 1864 (REPTILIA: COLUBRIDAE) FROM SRI LANKA. WILDLANKA 12 (1): 074-086 - get paper here
  • Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20: 508-566. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Das, I. & De Silva, A. 2005. Photographic guide to snakes and other reptiles of Sri Lanka. New Holland Publishers, 144 pp.
  • Dayananda, Buddhi, Simeon Bezeng Bezeng, Suranjan Karunarathna, and Ross A Jeffree. 2021. Climate Change Impacts on Tropical Reptiles: Likely Effects and Future Research Needs Based on Sri Lankan Perspectives . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution - get paper here
  • de Silva, A. 1998. Snakes of Sri Lanka: a checklist and an annotated bibliography. Dept. Wildlife Conservation/ GEF /UNDP/ FAO, Colombo.
  • Gans C; Fetcho J R 1982. The Sri Lankan genus Aspidura (Serpentes, Reptilia, Colubridae). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 51 (14): 271-316 - get paper here
  • Jan, G. 1865. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 13. Livraison. [Homalosoma mite]. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
  • Janzen, P.; Klaas, P. & Ziesmann, S. 2007. Sri Lankas Schlangenfauna. Draco 7 (30): 56-64 - get paper here
  • Karunarathna, Suranjan D. M. S. and A. A. Thasun Amarasinghe 2011. A PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE REPTILE FAUNA IN NILGALA FOREST AND ITS VICINITY, MONARAGALA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA. Taprobanica 3 (2): 69-76 - get paper here
  • Mattison, Chris 2007. The New Encyclopedia of Snakes. Princeton University Press
  • Otani, S., & Duensser, E. 2024. ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS OF SNAKES DESCRIBED BY BOIE (1826). TAPROBANICA 13 (02): 48–61 - get paper here
  • Samarawickrama, V.A.M.P.K.; H.I.G.C. Kumara, D.R.N.S. Samarawickrama 2019. Diversity of Reptiles in the Eastern and Southern parts of the Sinharaja Rain Forest. Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment - get paper here
  • Smith, H. M.; Gloyd, H. K. 1964. Nomenclatural notes on the snake names Scytale, Boa scytale, and Agkistrodon mokasen. Herpetologica 19 (4): 280-282 - 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
  • 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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