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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Aspidura
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Aspidura

Roughsides, Rough-sided Snake

Rauhschlangen

Raspesnoge

1830 Aspidura Wagler (type species: Scytale brachyorrhos Boie 1827)
1858 Haplocercus Günther (type species: Haplocercus ceylonensis Günther 1858; syn. Pyron, Kandambi, Hendry, Pushpamal, Burbrink & Somaweera 2013)
1861 Heptagerrhon Fitzinger (type species: Heptagerrhon bivittatum = Aspidura scytale Wagler = Aspidura trachyprocta; syn. Williams & Wallach 1989)
Contents: 9 species, of which 8 (88.9%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: Sri Lanka.

Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations


Head drawings of the
genus Aspidura.
Compiled by
V. Wallach

Aspidura brachyorrhos

Hill Roughside, (Boie's Roughside)

Hügel-Rauhnatter

Bakke-raspesnog

1827 Scytale brachyorrhos Boie
Aspidura brachyorrhos Boulenger 1890
1837 Calamaria scytale Schlegel (Smith 1943)

Distribution: Sri Lanka.


Aspidura ceylonensis

Black Spined Snake, Mould Snake

Srilankanische Rauhnatter

Srilankansk Sort Raspesnog

1858 Haplocercus ceylonensis Günther
Aspidura ceylonensis Pyron, Kandambi, Hendry, Pushpamal, Burbrink & Somaweera 2013
1862 Aspidura carinata Jan (Smith 1943)

Distribution: Sri Lanka.


Aspidura copei

Speckle-bellied Roughside, (Cope's Roughside)

Bauchflecken-Rauhnatter

Bugplettet Raspesnog

1864 Aspidura copii Günther
Aspidura copei [emendation] Wall 1921

Distribution: Sri Lanka.


Aspidura deraniyagalae

Mountain Roughside, (Deraniyagala's Roughside)

Gebirgs-Rauhnatter

Bjerg-raspesnog

1982 Aspidura deraniyagalae Gans & Fetcho

Distribution: Sri Lanka.


Aspidura desilvai

Knuckles Roughside, (De Silva's Rough-side Snake)

Knuckles-Rauhnatter

Knuckles-raspesnog

2019 Aspidura desilvai Wickramasinghe, Bandara, Vidanapathirana & Wickramasinghe

Distribution: Sri Lanka.





Aspidura drummondhayi

Balangoda Roughside, (Drummond-Hay's Roughside)

Balangoda-Rauhnatter

Balangoda-raspesnog

1904 Aspidura drummond-hayi Boulenger

Distribution: Sri Lanka.


Aspidura guentheri

West Coast Roughside, (Günther's Roughside)

Westküsten-Rauhnatter

Vestkyst-raspesnog

1876 Aspidura guentheri Ferguson

Distribution: Sri Lanka.


Aspidura guentheri
© Henrik Bringsøe

Aspidura ravanai

Sri Pada Roughside, (Ravana's Roughside)

Sri-Pada-Rauhnatter

Sri Pada-raspesnog

2017 Aspidura ravanai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Kandambi, Pyron & Wickramasinghe

Distribution: Sri Lanka.





Aspidura trachyprocta

Common Roughside

Gewöhnliche Rauhnatter

Almindelig Raspesnog

1860 Aspidura trachyprocta Cope

Distribution: Records from the Maldives (e.g., Smith 1943; Phillips 1958) are regarded as erroneous.
Distribution: Sri Lanka.