- Blythia reticulata
Taxobox | name = Blyth's Reticulate Snake
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Colubridae
genus = "Blythia "
species = "B. reticulata"
binomial = "Blythia reticulata"
binomial_authority = (Edward Blyth , 1854)Blyth's Reticulate Snake "Blythia reticulata" is a species of snake found in
India and parts ofSoutheast Asia . The genus is named afterEdward Blyth (1810 - 1873), Curator of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.Description
Rostral about as broad as deep, visible from above; suture between the internasals one half to two thirds as long as that between the prefrontals ; frontal longer than its distance from the end of the snout, about two thirds the length of the parietals; one postocular and one elongate temporal; 6 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye, first smallest, sixth largest; 4 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields: posterior chin-shields small. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 127-130; anal divided; subcaudals 19-29. Blackish brown above and below, the lateral scales and the ventrals edged with lighter. [Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.]
Total length 16.6 inches (420 mm); tail 1.65 inches (42 mm).
Distribution
Khasi hills (
Assam ),Arunachal Pradesh ,Myanmar , and South-east ofTibet .Notes
References
* Annandale, NELSON 1912 Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912. Rec. Indian Mus., Calcutta, 8 (1): 7-59 [Reptilia, pages 37-59] (supplement in same journal, 8 (4): 357-358, 1914).
* Blyth, EDWARD. 1855 Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little known [part 2] . Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 23 (3): 287-302 [1854]
* Theobald, WILLIAM 1868 Catalogue of reptiles in the museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 37 (extra number 146): (2), vi, 7-88External links
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* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/BlythIA_RETICULATA.jpg
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