Lycodon chithrasekarai

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| genus = Lycodon

| species = chithrasekarai

| authority = Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Pushpamal & Wickramasinghe, 2020

| synonyms = Lycodon osmanhilli Taylor, 1950

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Lycodon chithrasekarai, also known commonly as the Chithrasekara's bridal snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka.{{cite journal |title=A new species of Dryocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae) endemic to the rainforests of southwestern Sri Lanka|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4748|issue=2|pages=248–260|publisher=zootaxa.4748.2.2|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4748.2.2|date=2020-03-06|last1=Wickramasinghe|first1=Nethu|last2=Pushpamal|first2=Vishan|last3=Vidanapathirana|first3=Dulan Ranga|last4=Wickramasinghe|first4=L. J. Mendis|pmid=32230073 |s2cid=214748254 }}{{cite web |url=http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2020/03/dryocalamus-chithrasekarai.html |title=A New Species of Dryocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae) endemic to the Rainforests of southwestern Sri Lanka |publisher=Novataxa|accessdate=11 March 2020|date=2020-03-06 }}

Distribution

The snake is recorded from Kanneliya Forest Reserve, Sri Pada Forest, Runa Kanda and Deniyaya areas.{{cite web |url=http://www.ada.lk/uncategorized/ශ්%E2%80%8Dරී-ලංකාවෙන්-නව-සර්ප-විශේෂයක්-සොයා-ගනියි/1-358809 |title=New species of snake found in Sri Lanka |publisher=Ada|accessdate=11 March 2020}}

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chithrasekarai

Category:Snakes of Asia

Category:Reptiles of Sri Lanka

Category:Reptiles described in 2020

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