Aspidura guentheri

Aspidura guentheri

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 guentheri

Name

Aspidura guentheri Ferguson, 1876: 819

Syntypes (12): BMNH 1946.1.12.16–26 and MCZ 28467, ♂s, ♀s and juveniles, collected by W. Ferguson between 1839–1877.

Type locality: “Ceylon”.

References

Primary references

• Ferguson, W. 1876. Description of a new snake of the genus Aspidura from Ceylon. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 44(1): 819–820. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1876.tb02619.x BHL Reference page. 

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 guentheri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Günther's Rough-sided Snake