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Common Rough-sided Snake
Aspidura trachyprocta Cope, 1860
Also calledදලව මැඩිල්ලා (sin)
First described in: Cope, E. D. Catalogue of Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Aspidura trachyprocta, the common rough-sided snake, is a colubrid species endemic to Sri Lanka.
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Description
Head indistinct from neck, body is cylindrical. Dorsum range from blackish brown to light reddish brown, with lateral stripes and 2–3 rows of dark dorsal spots. Venter varying from being heavily blotched with black to light yellow with a red tint and just blotched on midline.
Range & habitat
A commonly encountered small burrowing snake from midhills to montane limits of central Sri Lanka. Localities recorded are Gammaduwa, Monaragala, Labukele, Nuwara Eliya, Harasbedda, Eskdale, Central Kandy, Pundaluoya, Longton Estate, Diyagama Estate, Nanu Oya, Sita Eliya, Ambewela, Pattipola, Hakgala, Horton Plains National Park, Namunukula, Kandy, Radella, Ramboda, and Diyatalawa at elevations of 750-2100m.
What it does
Found in piles of humus, leaf litter and rotten timber, within agricultural lands.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5223316.