Rhinophis gunasekarai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Uropeltoidea

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: Henophidia Superfamilia: Uropeltoidea

Familia: Uropeltidae
Genus: Rhinophis
Species: Rhinophis gunasekarai

Name

Rhinophis gunasekarai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Wickramasinghe & Gower, 2020: 66

• Holotype: NMSL-NH 2020.05.01, adult ♂, collected by L.J.M. Wickramasinghe and D. R. Vidanapathirana on 28 September 2018.
• Type locality: “Riverstone, Knuckles Massif, Matale District, Central Province, Sri Lanka (07°31’39” N, 80°44’01” E, elevation 1420 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Wickramasinghe, J.L.M., Vidanapathirana, D.R., Wickramasinghe, N. & Gower, D.J. 2020. A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Reptilia: Uropeltidae), from cloud forest of the Knuckles massif of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4810(1): 65–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.1.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Gunasekara’s Sheildtail