| Blyth's Reticulate Snake | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Squamata |
| Suborder | Serpentes |
| Family | Colubridae |
| Genus | Blythia |
| Species | B. reticulata |
Blyth's Reticulate Snake Blythia reticulata is a species of snake found in India and parts of Southeast Asia. The genus is named after Edward Blyth (1810–1873), Curator of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
Description[]
Rostral about as broad as deep, visible from above; suture between the internasals one half to two thirds as long as that between the prefrontals ; frontal longer than its distance from the end of the snout, about two thirds the length of the parietals; one postocular and one elongate temporal; 6 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye, first smallest, sixth largest; 4 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields: posterior chin-shields small. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 127-130; anal divided; subcaudals 19-29. Blackish brown above and below, the lateral scales and the ventrals edged with lighter.[1]
Total length 16.6 inches (420 mm); tail 1.65 inches (42 mm).
Distribution[]
Khasi hills (Assam), Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar, and South-east of Tibet.
Notes[]
- ↑ Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
References[]
- Annandale, NELSON 1912 Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912. Rec. Indian Mus., Calcutta, 8 (1): 7-59 [Reptilia, pages 37–59] (supplement in same journal, 8 (4): 357-358, 1914).
- Blyth, EDWARD. 1855 Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little known [part 2]. Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 23 (3): 287-302 [1854]
- Theobald, WILLIAM 1868 Catalogue of reptiles in the museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 37 (extra number 146): (2), vi, 7-88
External links[]
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- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/BlythIA_RETICULATA.JPG
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