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Issue: Vol. 4162 No. 3: 12 Sept. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.3.5
Page range: 504–518
Abstract views: 115
PDF downloaded: 3

A new canopy-dwelling species of Dendrelaphis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Sinharaja, World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka

Herpetological Foundation of Sri Lanka, 31/5, Alwis Town, Hendala, Wattala, Sri Lanka.
Reptilia Forest Reserve snake systematics taxonomy wet zone

Abstract

A new species of Dendrelaphis, Dendrelaphis sinharajensis sp. nov. is described, the sixth species of the genus known from Sri Lanka. The new species is readily distinguished from all other congeners by its colour pattern and scalation. The species is a canopy-dweller known only from the Sinharaja World Heritage Site and its vicinity, in the lowland wet zone of Sri Lanka.

 

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