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Blythia reticulata (BLYTH, 1855)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Blyth's Reticulated Snake
Chinese: 珠光蛇 
SynonymCalamaria reticulata BLYTH 1854: 287
Blythia reticulata — THEOBALD 1868
Blythia reticulata — BOULENGER 1893: 314
Blythia reticulata — WALL 1908: 323
Aproaspidops antecursorum ANNANDALE 1912
Blythia reticulata — SMITH 1943: 339
Blythia reticulata — DAS 1996: 54
Blythia reticulata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 95 
DistributionIndia (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh (Chessa - Papum Pare district), Mizoram, Nagaland), Bangladesh
Myanmar (= Burma)
China (SE Xizang = Tibet)

Type locality: ‘Asám’ (then comprising the modern day Assam State, in addition to much of the rest of north-eastern India).  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesSyntypes: ZSI 7028–29 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Theobald (1868) defined the genus by these characters: scales smooth in 13 rows; loreal and preocular missing, both replaced by a very large prefrontal; round pupil and two rows of subcaudals (after Vogel et al. 2017).


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CommentType species: Calamaria reticulata BLYTH 1854 is the type species of the genus Blythia THEOBALD 1868. 
EtymologyThe species was named after Latin rete, retis = net, apparently for the reticulated pattern that is visible in at least some specimens.

The genus was named after Edward Blyth (1810-1873), Curator of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
References
  • Annandale, NELSON 1912. Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912. Records of the Indian Museum 8 (1): 7-59 [Reptilia, pages 37-59] (supplement in same journal, 8 (4): 357-358, 1914). - get paper here
  • Ao J. M., David P., Bordoloi S., Ohler A. 2004. Notes on a collection of snakes from Nagaland, Northeast India, with 19 new records for this state. Russian Journal of Herpetology 11 (2): 155 – 162
  • Biakzuala L, Hruaia V, Biakhlui L, Lalremsanga HT 2021. Second observation of the reproductive biology of Blythia reticulata (Blyth, 1854) (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Herpetozoa 34: 121-124 - get paper here
  • Biakzuala L, Lalremsanga HT, Laltlanchhuaha H, Barman BK 2020. Observations on the oviposition of Blythia reticulata (Blyth, 1854) with new distributional records from Mizoram State, NE India. Herpetozoa 33: 53-57 - get paper here
  • Blyth, EDWARD. 1855. Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little known [part 2]. J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 23 (3): 287-302 [1854] - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. - get paper here
  • Das, I. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford J, ohn Beaufoy Publishing - get paper here
  • Dowling, H.G., & Jenner, J.V. 1988. Snakes of Burma: checklist of reported species and bibliography. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (76): 19 pp. - get paper here
  • Hakim, J., Trageser, S. J., Ghose, A., Rashid, S. M. A., & Rahman, S. C. 2020. Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh. Check List, 16: 1239 - get paper here
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