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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Blythia
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Blythia

Asian Iridescent Snakes

Asiatische Regenbogennattern

Asiatiske Regnbuesnoge

1868 Blythia Theobald (type species: Calamaria reticulata Blyth 1854 [not Calamaria reticulata Boie 1827])
1912 Aproaspidops Annandale (type species: Aproaspidops antecursorum Annandale 1912)
Contents: 2 species, of which 1 (50.0%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Erroneously placed in the family Xenodermatidae by Aengals, Kumar, Palot & Ganesh (2018).
Distribution: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland), Myanmar.

Blythia hmuifang

Mizoram Iridescent Snake

Mizoram-Regenbogennatter

Mizoram-regnbuesnog

2017 Blythia hmuifang Vogel, Lalremsanga & Vanlalhrima

Distribution: India (Mizoram).


Blythia reticulata

Assam Iridescent Snake (Asian Iridescent Snake)

Assam-Regenbogennatter

Assam-regnbuesnog

1854 Calamaria reticulata Blyth [not Calamaria reticulata Boie 1827]
Blythia reticulata Theobald 1868
1912 Aproaspidops antecursorum Annandale (Smith 1943)

Remarks: Presence in Tibet needs confirmation. The type locality of Aproaspidops antecursorum lies in Arunachal Pradesh in an area claimed by China. The alleged occurrence of reticulata in Tibet (e.g., Rao 2000; Zhao & Adler 1993) seems to be based on the sole specimen collected in this locality (Vogel, Lalremsanga & Vanlalhrima 2017).
Distribution: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland), Myanmar.