Aspidura
Aspidura is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the Family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to island of Sri Lanka. Member species are commonly known as rough-sided snakes, except for A. ceylonensis, which is commonly known as the black-spined snake and was formerly in the genus Haplocercus. The genus Aspidura comprises nine species, with the latest having been discovered in 2019.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.- Aspidura brachyorrhos – Boie's rough-sided snake
- Aspidura ceylonensis – black-spined snake
- Aspidura copei – Cope's rough-sided snake
- Aspidura deraniyagalae – Paulus [Edward Pieris Deraniyagala|Deraniyagala's] rough-sided snake
- Aspidura desilvai – De Silva's rough-sided snake
- Aspidura drummondhayi – Drummond-Hay's rough-sided snake
- Aspidura guentheri – Günther's rough-sided snake
- Aspidura ravanai – Ravana's rough-sided snake
- Aspidura trachyprocta – common rough-sided snake