| recharacterization of rhinophis dorsimaculatus deraniyagala, 1941 (serpentes: uropeltidae), including description of new material. | the sri lankan uropeltid (shieldtail) snake rhinophis dorsimaculatus deraniyagala, 1941 was described originally from two specimens that were subsequently lost. the small amount of previously published data and lack of published colour photographs made this one of south asia's most poorly known snake species, and this resulted in at least one instance of taxonomic misidentification. an additional 10 specimens from a historical collection from the vicinity of the type locality recently came to li ... | 2016 | 27615880 |