Smithophis

<i>Smithophis</i>

Smithophis

Genus of snakes

Smithophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae; the one species that was known prior to 2019 had been classified under the genus Rhabdops, but was removed in the process of erecting the new genus Smithophis.[1] The genus is endemic to Asia. It is named for Malcolm Arthur Smith, a British herpetologist who was active in Indian herpetology.[2]

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Species of Smithophis

The following species are recognized as being valid:[3]

  • Smithophis arunachalensis Das, Deepak, Captain, Wade & Gower, 2020[4] – Arunachal rain snake, black and yellow smithophis
  • Smithophis atemporalis Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain, & Deepak, 2019 – Mizo rain snake, narrow-headed smithophis
  • Smithophis bicolor (Blyth, 1854) – brown trapezoid snake, two-colored forest snake
  • Smithophis linearis Vogel, Chen, Deepak, Gower, Shi, Ding, & Hou, 2020 – Jingpo mountain stream snake, lined smithophis

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Smithophis.

References

  1. [1]
    Deepak, V.; Captain, Ashok; Lalronunga, Samuel; Lalremsanga, H. T.; Das, Abhijit; Gower, David J.; Giri, Varad B. (2019-05-09). "A new genus and species of natricine snake from northeast India". Zootaxa. 4603 (2): 241–264. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.2. hdl:10141/622621. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31717226. S2CID 165049846.
  2. [2]
    "New species 'pit viper snake' spotted in Arunachal". Nagaland Post. 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  3. [3]
    Genus Smithophis at The Reptile Database. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. [4]
    Das, Abhijit; Deepak, V.; Captain, Ashok; Wade, Edward O. Z.; Gower, David J. (2020-10-12). "Description of a new species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India". Zootaxa. 4860 (2): 267–283. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.8. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33056167. S2CID 222841573.
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