Dryocalamus chithrasekarai

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: Colubrinae
Genus: Dryocalamus
Species: Dryocalamus chithrasekarai

Name

Dryocalamus chithrasekarai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Pushpamal & Wickramasinghe, 2020: 249

• Holotype: NMSL-NH 2019.26.01, adult ♀, collected by Mendis Wickramasinghe & Dulan Ranga Vidanapathirana on 5 November 2009.
• Type locality: “Uda Pawanalla Police Post, Sripada (Peak Wilderness), Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka (06°47’42.3’’N, 080°27’40.4’’E; elevation 655 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Vidanapathirana, D.R., Pushpamal, V. & Wickramasinghe, N. 2020. A new species of Dryocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae) endemic to the rainforests of southwestern Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4748(2): 248–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.2.2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Chithrasekara’s Bridle Snake