Rhinophis saffragamus
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Uropeltoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Uropeltidae
Genus: Rhinophis
Species: Rhinophis saffragamus
Name
Rhinophis saffragamus (Kelaart, 1853)
- Holotype: Unknown. [lost fide Taylor (1953)]
- Neotype: MNHN-RA-0.5621. [designated by Pyron et al. (2016: 485)]
- Type locality: “Ratnapoora . . . District of Saffragam, near Adam‘s Peak”.
Combinations
- Uropeltis saffragamus Kelaart, 1853: 106 [original combination]
- Rhinophis saffragamus — Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera, 2016: 485 [subsequent combination]
References
Primary references
- Kelaart, E.F. 1853. Description of new or little-known species of reptiles found in Ceylon. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 2(6): 102–116. BHL Reference page.
- Pyron, R.A., Ganesh, S.R., Sayyed, A., Sharma, V., Wallach, V. & Somaweera, R. 2016. A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Zoosystema 38(4): 453–506. DOI: 10.5252/z2016n4a2
Reference page.
Additional references
- Pyron, R.A. & Somaweera, R. 2019. Further notes on the Sri Lankan uropeltid snakes Rhinophis saffragamus (Kelaart, 1853) and Uropeltis ruhunae Deraniyagala, 1954. Zootaxa 4560(3): 592–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.13 Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Rhinophis saffragamus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2020.
- Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. & Wickramasinghe, N. 2021. IUCN: Rhinophis saffragamus (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T115604249A115604270. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T115604249A115604270.en. Accessed on 20 November 2022.