Smithophis bicolor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Smithophis
Species: Smithophis bicolor

Name

Smithophis bicolor (Blyth, 1854)

• Holotype: ZSI 7030.
• Type locality: “Asám [=Assam]”.

Combinations

• Calamaria bicolor Blyth, 1854: 289 [original combination]
• Grotea bicolor — Theobald, 1868: 45 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudocylcophis bicolor — Boulenger, 1890: 300 [subsequent combination]
• Ablabes bicolor — Günther, 1864: 226 [subsequent combination]
• Rhabdops bicolor — Boulenger, 1893: 301 [subsequent combination]
• Smithophis bicolor — Giri et al., 2019: 245 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Giri, V.B., Gower, D.J., Das, A., Lalremsanga, H.T., Lalronunga, S., Captain, A. & Deepak, V. 2019. A new genus and species of natricine snake from northeast India. Zootaxa 4603(2): 241–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Smithophis bicolor. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 June 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Two-colored Forestsnake