Aspidura is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the Family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to island of Sri Lanka. Member species are commonly known as rough-sided snakes, except for A. ceylonensis, which is commonly known as the black-spined snake and was formerly in the genus Haplocercus. www.reptile-database.org. The genus Aspidura comprises nine species, with the latest having been discovered in 2019.
Species The following species are recognized as being valid. Aspidura brachyorrhos – Boie's rough-sided snake Aspidura ceylonensis – black-spined snake Aspidura copei – Cope's rough-sided snake Aspidura deraniyagalae – Deraniyagala's rough-sided snake Aspidura desilvai – De Silva's rough-sided snake Aspidura drummondhayi – Drummond-Hay's rough-sided snake Aspidura guentheri – Günther's rough-sided snake Aspidura ravanai – Ravana's rough-sided snake Aspidura trachyprocta – common rough-sided snake
References
Further reading Wagler JG (1830). Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (in German and Latin). (Aspidura, new genus, p. 191).