| Blyth's reticulate snake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Blythia |
| Species: | B. reticulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Blythia reticulata (Blyth, 1854) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Calamaria reticulata Blyth, 1854 |
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Blyth's reticulate snake, Blythia reticulata, is a species of colubrid snake. The genus was named after Edward Blyth (1810–1873), Curator of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, by William Theobald in 1868.
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It is found in India and parts of Southeast Asia.
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.[2]
Total length 16.6 inches (420 mm); tail 1.65 inches (42 mm).
Khasi hills (Assam), Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar, and South-east of Tibet.
