Smithophis bicolor (Blyth, 1854) Giri & Gower & Das & Lalremsanga & Lalronunga & Captain & Deepak, 2019

Giri, Varad B., Gower, David J., Das, Abhijit, Lalremsanga, H. T., Lalronunga, Samuel, Captain, Ashok & Deepak, V., 2019, A new genus and species of natricine snake from northeast India, Zootaxa 4603 (2), pp. 241-264 : 245

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:81DEF6B8-07CE-4ADB-8145-D46516E0A096

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/97669923-F81A-42C6-B14F-251D6A4BD1C2

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:97669923-F81A-42C6-B14F-251D6A4BD1C2

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Smithophis bicolor (Blyth, 1854)
status

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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Smithophis

Loc

Smithophis bicolor (Blyth, 1854)

Giri, Varad B., Gower, David J., Das, Abhijit, Lalremsanga, H. T., Lalronunga, Samuel, Captain, Ashok & Deepak, V. 2019
2019
Loc

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
1868
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