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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusAspidura
Aspidura ceylonensis
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Ceylon Keelback

Aspidura ceylonensis (Günther, 1858)

Also calledකුරුන් කරවලා (sin)

First described in: Günther, A. Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7992311.