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- Etymology
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{{Speciesbox | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | taxon = Rhinophis drummondhayi | authority = Wall, 1921 }}Rhinophis drummondhayi, commonly known as Drummond-Hay's earth snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae.[ The species is endemic to the forests, grasslands, and agricultural habitats of Sri Lanka.[1][2]]EtymologyThe specific name, drummondhayi, is in honor of Henry Maurice Drummond-Hay (1869–1932), who was a planter and naturalist in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and who was the son of Scottish ornithologist Colonel Henry Maurice Drummond-Hay (1814-1896).[3] References1. ^1 {{cite journal|author=Gower DJ, de Silva A|title=Rhinophis drummondhayi |journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|volume=2010|page=e.T178286A7514480|year=2010|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178286A7514480.en}} 2. ^Bamaradeniya, Channa N.B. (2006). The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research and Conservation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). p. 163. 3. ^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Rhinophis drummondhayi, p. 76).
}}Further reading- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Rhinophis drummondhayi, p. 89).
- Wall F (1921). Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]: Colombo Museum. (H.R. Cottle, Government Printer). xxii + 581 pp. (Rhinophis drummondhayi, new species, pp. 43–44).
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