Ceylon Keelback
Aspidura ceylonensis
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Aspidura
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Recorded in 9 places on iNaturalist
About
Ceylon Keelback (Aspidura ceylonensis) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Sri Lanka. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, evergreen forest and 3 more. Recorded in 9 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
Related snakes
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Ravana's Rough-side Snake Aspidura ravanai
- Günther's Rough-sided Snake Aspidura guentheri
- Boie's Rough-sided Snake Aspidura brachyorrhos
- Drummond-Hay's Rough-sided Snake Aspidura drummondhayi
- Sri Lanka Rough-sided Snake Aspidura deraniyagalae
- Cope's Rough-side Aspidura copei
- Common Rough-sided Snake Aspidura trachyprocta
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.