Smithophis bicolor (Blyth, 1854) Giri & Gower & Das & Lalremsanga & Lalronunga & Captain & Deepak, 2019
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.2 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/97669923-F81A-42C6-B14F-251D6A4BD1C2 |
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Smithophis bicolor (Blyth, 1854) |
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comb. nov. |
Smithophis bicolor (Blyth, 1854) comb. nov.
Calamaria bicolor Blyth, 1854 : Blyth (1854: 289) Grotea bicolor (Blyth, 1854) : Theobald (1868: 45) Pseudocylcophis bicolor (Blyth, 1854) : Boulenger (1890: 300) Ablabes bicolor (Blyth, 1854) : Günther (1864: 226), Anderson (1879: 809 –810) Rhabdops bicolor (Blyth, 1854) : Boulenger (1893: 301), Wall (1908: 322 –323, fig. 3), Pope (1935: 176 –178, tables LIX, LX, LXIII), Smith (1943: 328–329, fig. 104), Das et al. (1998: 146), Wallach et al. (2014: 638), Das & Das (2017: 119), Lalremsanga & Lalronunga (2017: 106–107), Giri et al. (2017: 27–52)
Diagnosis. A Smithophis with temporal shields.
Holotype. ZSI 7030, “ Asám ” ( Blyth 1854).
Distribution. Poorly understood, but at least Khasi and Garo Hills, Meghalaya state, northeast India. Reported to extend eastward to Mizoram state, northeast India and at least into Myanmar and possibly western Yunnan in southern China ( Anderson 1879; Pope 1935; Smith 1943; Dowling & Jenner 1988; Das 2012; Wallach et al. 2014; Das & Das 2017).
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Smithophis bicolor (Blyth, 1854)
Giri, Varad B., Gower, David J., Das, Abhijit, Lalremsanga, H. T., Lalronunga, Samuel, Captain, Ashok & Deepak, V. 2019 |
Calamaria bicolor
Pope, C. H. 1935: 176 |
Wall, F. 1908: 322 |
Boulenger, G. A. 1893: 301 |
Boulenger, G. A. 1890: 300 |
Anderson, J. 1879: 809 |
Theobald, W. T. 1868: 45 |
Gunther, A. C. L. G. 1864: 226 |