Blythia reticulata

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Blyth's Reticulate Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Blythia Species: B. reticulata
Binomial name
Blythia reticulata (Edward Blyth, 1854)

Blyth's Reticulate Snake Blythia reticulata is a species of snake found in India, (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Chessa - Papum Pare district)), Myanmar, and South-east of Tibet. It was named after Edward Blyth (1810 - 1873), Curator of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database
• http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/BlythIA_RETICULATA.JPG

[edit] 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, 7-88