Distributed range & status
This is an endemic species to Sri Lanka. The specimen was found in Peradeniya & now kept in the British Museum of Natural History.
Scales
rostral |
The scale is ½ the size of the head |
frontal |
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supraoculars |
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parietals |
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prefrontals |
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nasals |
Divided completely. They touch each other behind the rostral |
internasals |
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loreals |
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preoculars |
Very small |
postoculars |
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temporals |
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Supralabials |
The ocular scale touches the 4th supralabial |
mental |
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infralabials |
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sublinguals |
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coastals |
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ventrals |
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anal |
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subcaudals |
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There are 18 mid body scale rows present. There are 330 scales on the body longitudinally.
Characteristics
The body is very small, elongated, thin & shiny. The body length is 35 times of its diameter. The snout is rounded & projected towards the front. It lacks a distinct neck. Small head is present same as the size of the body. The eyes are not seen very clearly. They are covered with permeable scales. The nostrils are at the lateral positions. The tail is short & blunt, lacking a terminal spine.
Colour
Dorsal body is brown. The ventral body is cream coloured.
Venom
These snakes are non venomous.
Dentition
Data not found.
Behavior
Data not found.
Breeding
Data not found.
Growth
The specimen found is the length of 140mm.
Food
Data not found.
Identification
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