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Dendrelaphis wickrorum Danushka, Kanishka, Amarasinghe, Vogel & Seneviratne, 2020

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Rank: Species
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Parent: Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890
Specific Name: wickrorum
Authorship: Danushka, Kanishka, Amarasinghe, Vogel & Seneviratne
Publication: Danushka, A. D., A. S. Kanishka, A. A. T. Amarasinghe, Gernot Vogel & Sampath S. Seneviratne. 2020 A NEW SPECIES OF Dendrelaphis BOULENGER, 1890 (REPTILIA: COLUBRIDAE) FROM THE WET ZONE OF SRI LANKA WITH A REDESCRIPTION OF Dendrelaphis bifrenalis (BOULENGER, 1890). Taprobanica 9(1): 83-102.
Page: 90-92
Figure(s): 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9A
Type Specimen(s): Holotype. Adult male, BMNH 1905.3.25.98, SVL 368.0 mm, Collector and the date unknown. Paratypes (n=4). Adult female, DWC 2020.05.03, SVL 708.0 mm, collected from Pinwatta-Panadura (6˚41'23'' N, 79˚55'24'' E; alt. 15 m a.s.l.), Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka; Adult male, DWC 2020.05.04, SVL 489.0 mm, collected from Kuda-Waskaduwa (6˚37'11'' N, 79˚56'51'' E; alt. 15 m a.s.l.), Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, by L.J.M. Wickramasinghe on 20 October 2006; Subadult male, USNM 267765, SVL 285.0 mm, collected from Labugama (6˚50'49'' N, 80˚11'35'' E; alt. 140 m a.s.l.), Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, by A. de Silva, on December 1976; Juvenile male, BMNH 1946.1.10.20, SVL 174.0 mm, collected from Ceylon, by Mr. Hugh Cuming (paralectotype of D. bifrenalis), collecting data unknown.
Type Locality: Punduloya, 4,000 ft, Ceylon (= Pundaluoya, Sri Lanka, 7˚00'47'' N, 80˚39'47'' E; alt. 1,060 m a.s.l.), Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka
Fossil: No