Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
January 21st, 2026.
 
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Genus
Smithophis
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Rain Snakes, (Northeast Indian Forest Snakes)
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Regennattern, (Nordostindische Waldnattern)
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Regnsnoge, (Nordøstindiske Skovsnoge)
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2019 |  |
Smithophis Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain & Deepak (type species: Smithophis atemporalis Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain & Deepak 2019) |
Contents:
6 species, of which 4 (66.7%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
One of the species of this genus (bicolor) was previously assigned to
Rhabdops.
A record (of bicolor) from Bhutan (Wangyal & Das 2021) needs confirmation.
Distribution:
Bangladesh,
China
(Yunnan),
India
(Arunachal Pradesh,
Meghalaya,
Mizoram),
Myanmar.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Smithophis.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Smithophis arunachalensis
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Arunachal Rain Snake
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Arunachal-Regennatter
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Arunachal-regnsnog
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Smithophis arunachalensis Das, Deepak, Captain, Wade & Gower |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of bicolor.
Distribution:
India
(Arunachal Pradesh).
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Smithophis atemporalis
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Aizawl Rain Snake, (Narrow-headed Smithophis)
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Aizawl-Regennatter
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Aizawl-regnsnog
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Smithophis atemporalis Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain & Deepak |
Distribution:
Bangladesh,
India
(Mizoram).
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Smithophis bicolor
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Black-and-Yellow Rain Snake, Black-and-Yellow Forest Snake, Yellow-bellied Forest Snake, Two-coloured Forest Snake
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Schwarz-gelbe Regennatter
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Sort-gul Regnsnog
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Calamaria bicolor Blyth |
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Ablabes bicolor Günther 1864 |
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Grotea bicolor Theobald 1868 |
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Pseudocyclophis bicolor Boulenger 1890 |
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Rhabdops bicolor Boulenger 1893 |
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Smithophis bicolor Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain & Deepak 2019 |
Remarks:
Now restricted to Meghalaya, India (Muansanga, Purkayastha, Hruaia, Vabeiryureilai, Biakzuala, Decemson, Lalremsanga & Bohra 2025).
Records from Yunnan, China, and Myanmar refer to linearis (Vogel, Chen, Deepak, Gower, Shi, Ding & Hou 2020).
Records from Arunachal Pradesh, India, refer to arunachalensis (Das, Deepak, Captain, Wade & Gower 2020).
Records from Mizoram, India, refer to leptofasciatus (Muansanga, Purkayastha, Hruaia, Vabeiryureilai, Biakzuala, Decemson, Lalremsanga & Bohra 2025).
A record from Bhutan (Wangyal & Das 2021) needs confirmation.
Distribution:
India
(Meghalaya).
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Smithophis leptofasciatus
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Narrow-banded Rain Snake
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Schmalgebänderte Regennatter
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Smalbåndet Regnsnog
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Smithophis leptofasciatus Muansanga, Purkayastha, Hruaia, Vabeiryureilai, Biakzuala, Decemson, Lalremsanga & Bohra |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of bicolor.
Distribution:
India
(Mizoram).
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Smithophis linearis
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Striped Rain Snake
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Gestreifte Regennatter
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Stribet Regnsnog
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Smithophis linearis Vogel, Chen, Deepak, Gower, Shi, Ding & Hou 2020 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of bicolor.
Distribution:
China
(Yunnan),
Myanmar.
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Smithophis mizoramensis
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Mizoram Rain Snake, (Narrow-headed Smithophis)
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Mizoram-Regennatter
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Mizoram-regnsnog
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Smithophis mizoramensis Mirza, Bhardwaj, Lalmuanawma, Choure, Lalremsanga, Vabeiryureilai, Captain, Zagade & Patel |
Distribution:
India
(Mizoram).
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