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Roshan Perera's Shieldtail
Plate 1 of 1. (c) Sanjaya Kanishka, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sanjaya Kanishka · via iNaturalist
IUCN CR · Critically endangered

Roshan Perera's Shieldtail

Rhinophis roshanpererai

Rhinophis roshanpererai is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The species was first described from three specimens taken from Badulla District. The species lack pale stripes and possess three to four prominent spines with a small shield-tail.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 606525.