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Taxonomy of the genus Aspidura Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Aspidura (Roughsides)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Aspidura in general

Gans, C.; Fetcho, J.R. 1982. The Sri Lankan genus Aspidura (Serpentes, Reptilia, Colubridae). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 51(14): 271-316.

Pyron, R.A.; Kandambi, H.K.D.; Hendry, C.R.; Pushpamal, V.; Burbrink, F.T.; Somaweera, R. 2013. Genus-level phylogeny of snakes reveals the origins of species richness in Sri Lanka. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3): 969-978.

Silva, P.H.D.H. de 1971. Taxonomic studies of Ceylon snakes of the family Colubridae. 2. Genus Aspidura. Spolia Zeylanica 32(1): 107-114.

Zaher, H. 1999. Hemipenial morphology of the South American xenodontine snakes, with a proposal for a monophyletic Xenodontinae and a reappraisal of colubroid hemipenes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 240: 1-168.

Aspidura ceylonensis

Pyron, R.A.; Kandambi, H.K.D.; Hendry, C.R.; Pushpamal, V.; Burbrink, F.T.; Somaweera, R. 2013. Genus-level phylogeny of snakes reveals the origins of species richness in Sri Lanka. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3): 969-978.

Silva, A. de 1983. Haplocercus ceylonensis Gunther, a relict snake of Sri Lanka. Loris 16(3): 105-107.

Aspidura ravanai

Wickramasinghe, L.J.M.; Vidanapathirana, D.R.; Kandambi, H.K.D.; Pyron, R.A.; Wickramasinghe, N. 2017. A new species of Aspidura Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Sri Pada sanctuary (Peak Wilderness), Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4347(2): 275–292.

Aspidura trachyprocta

Ukuwela, K.; Dawundasekara, N.P.K. 2012. Color variations, sexual dimorphism, and population structure of Aspidura trachyprocta (Serpentes: Colubridae) in an anthropogenic habitat in Sri Lanka. Russian Journal of Herpetology 19(1): 70-74.