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Genus of snakes

Smithophis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genus: Smithophis
Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain, & Deepak, 2019
Species

5, see text.

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. The genus is endemic to Asia. It is named for Malcolm Arthur Smith, a British herpetologist who was active in Indian herpetology.

Species of Smithophis

The following species are recognized as being valid:

  • Smithophis arunachalensis Das, Deepak, Captain, Wade & Gower, 2020 – 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
  • Smithophis mizoramensis Mirza, Bhardwaj, Lalmuanawma, Choure, Lalremsanga, Vabeiryureilai, Captain, Zagade & Patel, 2024 - Mizoram rain snake.

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

References

  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. "New species 'pit viper snake' spotted in Arunachal". Nagaland Post. 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  3. Genus Smithophis at The Reptile Database. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  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.
  5. Zeeshan A. Mirza, Virender K. Bhardwaj, Jote Chawntual Lalmuanawma, Girish Choure, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Ashok Captain, Akshay Zagade and Harshil Patel. 2024. A New Species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 from the Indo-Burma Region. Diversity. 16(8); 480. DOI:doi.org/10.3390/d16080480 mdpi.com/2903710
Taxon identifiers
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