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Ceylon Keelback

Aspidura ceylonensis

Classification

Aspidura ceylonensis, also known as the Ceylon keelback, black-spined snake, or slender mould snake, is a species of colubrid snake endemic to Sri Lanka. Distribution Aspidura ceylonensis is a semi-fossorial snake from submontane forests. Restricted to submontane forests and plantations of the Central Highlands, including Pussellawa, Gampola, Hatton, Knuckles, Balangoda, Pundaluoya, Ramboda, Kotagala, Namunukula, Mousakanda, Gammaduwa, and Kotmale, up to about 1,200 m (3,900 ft) of elevation.

Distribution

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