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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.

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.