NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Dinarzarde’s shieldtail
Rhinophis dinarzardae Gower, Sampaio, Vidanapathirana & Wickramasinghe, 2024
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rhinophis dinarzardae Gower, Sampaio, Vidanapathirana & Wickramasinghe, 2024
- Name authority
- Gower, Sampaio, Vidanapathirana & Wickramasinghe, 2024
- Common name
- Dinarzarde’s shieldtail
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Uropeltidae
- Genus
- Rhinophis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyUropeltidae
- genusRhinophis
- speciesRhinophis dinarzardae Gower, Sampaio, Vidanapathirana & Wickramasinghe, 2024
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rhinophis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Polkadot Earth SnakeRhinophis dorsimaculatus Deraniyagala, 1941 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cardamom Hills Earth SnakeRhinophis fergusonianus Boulenger, 1896 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped RhinophisRhinophis lineatus Gower & Maduwage, 2011 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tamil Nadu Earth SnakeRhinophis travancoricus Boulenger, 1892 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zigzag RhinophisRhinophis zigzag Gower & Maduwage, 2011 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drummond-Hay's Earth SnakeRhinophis drummondhayi Wall, 1921 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blyth's Earth SnakeRhinophis blythii Kelaart, 1853 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wayanad Earth SnakeRhinophis melanoleucus Cyriac, Narayanan, Sampaio, Umesh & Gower, 2020 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mendis’ rhino- phis or Mendis’ shieldtailRhinophis mendisi Gower, 2020 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eranga Viraj’s shieldtail snakeRhinophis erangaviraji Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Wickramasinghe & Ranwella, 2009 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gower's earth snakeRhinophis goweri Aengals & Ganesh, 2013 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trevelyan's Earth SnakeRhinophis homolepis Hemprich, 1820 | UropeltidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- GOWER, D. J., SAMPAIO, F. L., VIDANAPATHIRANA, D. R., & WICKRAMASINGHE, L. M. (2024). Two new species of the shieldtail snake genus Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), from the Rakwana and the Knuckles Massifs of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 5458 (3): 332-360. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:SFSFD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.