Smithophis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Smithophis
Species (5): S. arunachalensis – S. atemporalis – S. bicolor – S. linearis – S. mizoramensis

Name

Smithophis Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain & Deepak, 2019: 245

• Type species: Smithophis atemporalis Giri et al., 2019, by original designation.
• Etymology: Named after Malcolm Arthur Smith.

References

Primary references

• Giri, V.B., Gower, D.J., Das, A., Lalremsanga, H.T., Lalronunga, S., Captain, A. & Deepak, V. 2019. A new genus and species of natricine snake from northeast India. Zootaxa 4603(2): 241–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.2 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Vogel, G., Chen, Z.-N., Deepak, V., Gower, D.J., Shi, J.-S., Ding, L. & Hou, M. 2020. A new species of the genus Smithophis (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae) from southwestern China and northeastern Myanmar. Zootaxa 4803(1): 51–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.1.3 Reference page. 
• Das, A., Deepak, V., Wade, E.O.Z., Captain, A. & Gower, D.J. 2020. Description of a new species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa 4860(2): 267–283. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.8 Reference page. 
• 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(8): 480. DOI: 10.3390/d16080480 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Smithophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 June 2020.