Rhinophis erangaviraji Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Wickramasinghe & Ranwella, 2009
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Wickramasinghe, L.J. Mendis; Vidanapathirana, D.R.; Wickramasinghe, N. & Ranwella, P.N. A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Rakwana massif, Sri Lanka.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Squamata
- family
- Uropeltidae
- genus
- Rhinophis
- species
- Rhinophis erangaviraji
Name
- Homonyms
- Rhinophis erangaviraji Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Wickramasinghe & Ranwella, 2009
- Common names
- Eranga Viraj's Shieldtail Snake in English
- Eranga Virajge thudulla in Sinhalese
- Eranga Virajvin nilakael pambu in Tamil
- Eranga Viraj’s shieldtail snake in English
- Eranga Viraj’s Sieldtail Snake in English
- Eranga Virajge Thudulla in Sinhalese
- Eranga Virajvin Nilakael Pambu in Tamil
Bibliographic References
- Pyron, Robert Alexander, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan Ganesh, Amit Sayyed, Vivek Sharma, et al., 2016: A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Zoosystema, vol. 38, no. 4. 453-506.