Rhinophis mendisi, Gower, 2020

Gower, David J., 2020, A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from southwestern Sri Lanka, Zootaxa 4810 (3), pp. 495-510 : 509

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:88985733-0F15-4BEC-AB68-C9AF087C6B2B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4328488
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAA941-FFD9-FFD3-8C8A-053EFEEF9038
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Rhinophis mendisi
status	sp. nov.

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Rhinophis mendisi sp. nov.

MCZ 18037 (holotype), 18034 (paratype), 18035 (paratype), 18036 (paratype), 18038 (paratype), and R-194641 Rasagalla , near (ca. 8 km to the northwest of) Balangoda, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka (6.69° N, 80.64° E; ca. 540 m a.s.l.: data from GoogleEarth) GoogleMaps .

CAS 226576 About CAS : Samanala Watta road, 8 miles above Balangoda, 950 m, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka .

CAS 226577–226582 About CAS (6 specimens): Samanala Watta road, 2.5 miles above Balangoda, 720 m, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka .

TMM M-10041: Balangoda (above) Samanala watta, Sri Lanka ; elevation 950 m, Ratnapura District , Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka .