Blythia hmuifang

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Blythia hmuifang
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Blythia
Species:
B. hmuifang
Binomial name
Blythia hmuifang
Vogel, Lalremsanga & Vanlalhrima, 2017

The Mizoram Ground Snake (Blythia hmuifang), is a species of snake in the superfamily Colubroidea. It is endemic to Mizoram, India. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name hmuifang came in honor of the people of the Hmuifang village.

Description

The species can identified from Blythia reticulata , by having 114–117 ventral scales and 20–21 subcaudal scales in males. Smaller snakes have bright orange-red venter and older snakes have creamy venter. [3]

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References

  1. Das, A. (2021). "Blythia hmuifang". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T149313307A149313347. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "A Second Species of the Genus Blythia Theobald, 1868 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Mizoram, India". Zootaxa. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. Vogel, G.; Lalremsanga, H. T.; Vanlalhrima, V. (2017). "A second species of the genus Blythia Theobald, 1868 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Mizoram, India". Zootaxa. 4276 (4): 569–581. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4276.4.8.