Aspidura

Aspidura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
Infraclass:	Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder:	Lepidosauria
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Natricinae
Genus:	Aspidura

Aspidura is a genus of the Colubridae family of snakes that is endemic to island of Sri Lanka which is commonly known as Rough-sided snake, and as මැඩිල්ලා (maedilla) in Sinhala. Black-spined snake which was once in the genus Haplocercus is now added to this genus. The genus is now comprised with 8 species.

Species

• Boie's rough-sided snake Aspidura brachyorrhos Sri Lanka
• Cope's rough-sided snake Aspidura copei Sri Lanka
• Deraniyagala's rough-sided snake Aspidura deraniyagalae Sri Lanka
• Drummond-Hay's rough-sided snake Aspidura drummondhayi Sri Lanka
• Gunther's rough-sided snake Aspidura guentheri Sri Lanka
• Common rough-sided snake Aspidura trachyprocta Sri Lanka
• Black-spined snake Aspidura ceylonensis Sri Lanka

References

• http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Aspidura&species=drummondhayi
• http://biostor.org/reference/40976
• http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/72/2/401.citation
• http://www.amazon.com/Aspidura-Serpentes-reptilia-Colubridae-Carnegie/dp/B00072JZSO