COL·C7624speciesThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026
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Fowlea unicolor
Fowlea unicolor (Müller, 1887)
This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.
- Recorded from
- Sri Lanka
- Also published as
- Tropidonotus quincunciatus var. unicolor Müller, 1887
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Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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References
- Somaweera, R., Pirro, S., & Pyron, R. A. (2025). The Complete Genome Sequences of 26 Species of Sri Lankan Snakes. Biodiversity Genomes.
- Smith, M. A. (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 Pp.
- Amarasinghe, A. A., Bandara, S. K., Weerakkody, S., Campbell, P. D., Marques, D. A., Danushka, A. D., ... & Vogel, G. (2022). Systematics of the Sri Lankan Water Snakes of the Genus Fowlea Theobald 1868 (Reptilia: Natricidae). Herpetologica 78(3) : 201-219.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.