Smithophis mizoramensis MIRZA, BHARDWAJ, LALMUANAWMA, CHOURE, LALREMSANGA, VABEIRYUREILAI, CAPTAIN, ZAGADE & PATEL, 2024

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
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Common Names
Synonym	Smithophis mizoramensis MIRZA, BHARDWAJ, LALMUANAWMA, CHOURE, LALREMSANGA, VABEIRYUREILAI, CAPTAIN, ZAGADE & PATEL 2024
Distribution	India (Mizoram) Type locality: under boulders in Rawkawn stream near Suangpuilawn village, Saitual District (23.936435° N, 92.849410° E, 837 m asl) Mizoram. India
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: BNHS 3766 (ex-MZMU 2607), an adult male, collected by J.C. Lalmuanawma and H.T. Lalremsanga on 9 September 2021. Paratype: two adults collected at the same locality as the holotype, female BNHS 3767 (ex-MZMU 2603), collected on 24 October 2021 by J.C. Lalmuanawma, and male BNHS 3768 (ex-MZMU 2549), collected on 20 September 2021 by J.C. Lalmuanawma. Additional referred material: juvenile female MZMU 2602, collected on 20 October 2021 by J.C. Lalmuanawma from the same locality as the holotype.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A Smithophis with 17 smooth dorsal scales throughout the body and moderately keeled sacral scales in males. Temporal scales are present. Circum-orbital scales 4-5. Dorsal coloration is a shade of olive with indistinct dark reticulate patterns in life, overall black with faint gray reticulate markings or bands on the body in preservative. Each ventral scale is darker anteriorly edged with a yellowish/ off-white border; the tail is ventrally darker compared to the ventral scales. Sequence divergence of 10-14% from other Smithophis for the gene cyt b. (Mirza et al. 2024) Additional details (1079 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
References	Basfore, B., Kalita, M. J., Sharma, N., & Boro, A. R. 2024. An updated checklist of snakes (Reptilia: Squamata) in northeastern India derived from a review of recent literature. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(11), 26131-26149 - get paper here Mirza, Z.A.; Bhardwaj, V.K.; Lalmuanawma, J.C.; Choure, G.; Lalremsanga, H.T.; Vabeiryureilai, M.; Captain, A.; Zagade, A.; Patel, H. 2024. A New Species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 from the Indo-Burma Region. Diversity 16: 480
External links	http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:333B3711-FACE-4391-8C97… https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/736809501876984/ Google images

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