Lycodon chithrasekarai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Cladus: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lycodon
Species: Lycodon chithrasekarai

Name

Lycodon chithrasekarai (Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Pushpamal & Wickramasinghe, 2020)

  • Holotype: NMSL-NH 2019.26.01, adult ♀, collected by Mendis Wickramasinghe & Dulan Ranga Vidanapathirana on 5 November 2009.
  • Type locality: “Uda Pawanalla Police Post, Sripada (Peak Wilderness), Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka (06°47’42.3’’N, 080°27’40.4’’E; elevation 655 m a.s.l.)”.

Combinations

  • Dryocalamus chithrasekarai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Pushpamal & Wickramasinghe, 2020: 249 [original combination]

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: Chithrasekara’s Bridle Snake
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