Smithophis, Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain & Deepak, 2019

Vogel, Gernot, Chen, Zening, Deepak, V., Gower, David J., Shi, Jingsong, Ding, Li & Hou, Mian, 2020, A new species of the genus Smithophis (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae) from southwestern China and northeastern Myanmar, Zootaxa 4803 (1), pp. 51-74 : 64

Key to the identification of species of Smithophis

1. Temporals absent........................................................................... S. atemporalis

- Temporals present..................................................................................... 2

2. Upper part of body and tail without narrow, dark, longitudinal lines; fewer than 6 circumorbital scales (excluding any supralabi- als) on each side............................................................................... S. bicolor

- Upper part of body and tail with regular, narrow dark longitudinal lines; six or more circumorbital scales on each side........................................................................................... S. linearis sp. nov.