Stoliczkia, Jerdon, 1870

Lalronunga, Samuel, Lalhmangaiha, K., Zosangliana, Isaac, Lalhmingliani, Esther, Gower, David J., Das, Abhijit & Deepak, V., 2021, A new species of Stoliczkia Jerdon, 1870 (Serpentes: Xenodermidae) from Mizoram India, Zootaxa 4996 (3), pp. 569-580 : 577

Key to the identification of the species of Stoliczkia

1 Dark dorsum with many dorsolateral and middorsal pale blotches; eye separated from supralabials by small subocular scales; Borneo................................................................................... S. borneensis

- Dark dorsum and pale venter meet along a regular, straight line; eye in contact with some supralabials; Northeast India.... 2

2 Dorsal scale rows at midbody 33; three supraocular shields per side; ventrals <200 (194 in only known specimen); subcaudals> 125 (138 in only known specimen).................................................. S. vanhnuailianai sp. nov.

- Dorsal scale rows at midbody 31; one supraocular shield per side; ventrals> 200 (207 and 208 in only two known specimens); subcaudals <125 (114 and 115 in only two known specimens......................................... S. khasiensis