Aspidura drummondhayi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Aspidura
Species: Aspidura drummondhayi

Name

• Aspidura drummondhayi Boulenger, 1904: 95

Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.12.45–46, ♂ and ♀, collected by H.M. Drummond-Hay between March–May 1903.

Type locality: “Hopewell estate, Balangoda...the probable elevation being from 3,500 to 4,200 feet above sea level”, Sri Lanka.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1904. Description of a new snake. Spolia Zeylanica 2: 95–96.

Additional references

• Gans, C. & Fetcho, J.R. 1982. The Sri Lankan genus Aspidura (Serpentes, Reptilia, Colubridae). Annals of Carnegie Museum 51(14): 271–316. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Aspidura drummondhayi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Drummond-Hay's Rough-sided Snake