COL·V7H6TspeciesThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026
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Thasun’s Bronzeback
Dendrelaphis thasuni Atthanagoda, da Silva, Vogel, Udayanga, Bandara, Madawala, Grismer & Karunarathna, 2025
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 (Maragala mountain)
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References
- Atthanagoda A, de Silva A, Vogel G, Udayanga S, Bandara C, Madawala M, Grismer L, Karunarathna S. (2025). A new species of Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Reptilia: Colubridae) from an isolated misty mountain in the South Eastern dry part of Sri Lanka. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 19(1): 28–47 (E340).
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.