Aspidura desilvai
Aspidura desilvai, commonly known as De Silva's rough-sided snake or Sinhala: මැඩිල්ලන්, romanized: desilvage madilla, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[1] The species is endemic to Sri Lanka.[2]
| Aspidura desilvai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Aspidura |
| Species: | A. desilvai |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspidura desilvai Wickramasinghe, Bandara, Vidanapathirana, and Wickramasinghe, 2019 | |
Etymology
The specific name, desilvai, is in honor of Pilippu Hewa Don Hemasiri de Silva, the former director of the National Museums of Sri Lanka from 1965 to 1981 and also the author of the book Snake Fauna of Sri Lanka: with special reference to skull, dentition and venom in snakes.[2]
Geographic range
The species is endemic to the Knuckles Mountain Range in the Matale District of Sri Lanka.[2]
References
- "New Aspidura species from Knuckles Range". The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- Wickramasinghe, Nethu; Vidanapathirana, Dulan Ranga; Bandara, Imesh Nuwan; Wickramasinghe, L. J. Mendis (2019-02-20). "A new species of Aspidura Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Knuckles, World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka". Zootaxa. 4559 (2): 265–280. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
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