Blythia is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae of the superfamily Colubroidea. The genus, which contains two recognized species, is native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Blythia Theobald, 1868 |
Etymology
editThe genus Blythia is named in honor of English zoologist Edward Blyth.[2]
Species
editThe following two species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Blythia hmuifang G. Vogel, Lalremsanga & Vanlalhrima, 2017 – Mizoram ground snake
- Blythia reticulata (Blyth, 1854) – Blyth's reticulate snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Blythia.
References
edit- ^ a b Genus Blythia at The Reptile Database.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Blythia, p. 28).
Further reading
edit- Theobald W (1868). "Catalogue of the Reptiles in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta 37 (extra number 146): vi + 7–88. (Blythia, new genus, p. 44).
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