Fowlea unicolor

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Fowlea unicolor
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Fowlea
Species:
F. unicolor
Binomial name
Fowlea unicolor
(Müller, 1887)

Fowlea unicolor is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. As currently known, it is endemic to Sri Lanka, [1] although it might also occur in southern India. [2]

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References

  1. Fowlea unicolor at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 January 2023.
  2. Amarasinghe, A.A.Thasun; Bandara, Sanjaya K.; Weerakkody, Sanjaya; Campbell, Patrick D.; Marques, David A.; Danushka, A. Dineth; de Silva, Anslem; Vogel, Gernot (2022). "Systematics of the Sri Lankan water snakes of the genus Fowlea Theobald 1868 (Reptilia: Natricidae)". Herpetologica. 78 (3): 201–219. doi:10.1655/Herpetologica-D-22-00004. S2CID   252111711.