Aspidura desilvai
The specific name, "desilvai", is in honor of Pilippu Hewa Don Hemasiri de Silva, the former director of the National Museums of Sri Lanka from 1965 to 1981 and also the author of the book "Snake Fauna of Sri Lanka": "with special reference to skull, dentition and venom in snakes". The species is endemic to the Knuckles Mountain Range in the Matale District of Sri Lanka.
Geographic range
The species is endemic to Sri Lanka.