Added 19 March 2014.
A monotypic genus from India and SE Asia.
Boulenger gives the characteristics of the genus as follows: maxillary teeth about 20, subequal; posterior mandibular teeth much shorter than the anterior; head not distinct from neck; eye small, with vertically subelliptic pupil; nostril between two small nasals and the first labial; no loreal or preocular; body cylindrical; scales smooth, in 13 rows, without apical pits; ventrals rounded; tail short, subcaudals in two rows; hypapophyses developed throughout the vertebral column.
I am not aware of this species being commonly kept in captivity, if at all.
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Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Distribution |
Size |
Notes |
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Blythia |
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B. reticulata |
Blyth's Reticulate Snake |
India, Myanmar, China (Tibet) |
SVL 38cm; TL 42cm |
Scalation details: 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; 1 postocular, 1 elongate temporal; 6 supralabials, of which 3rd and 4th enter the eye, 1st smallest, 6th largest; 4 sublabials in contact with anterior chinshields; posterior chinshields small; scales in 13 rows; 127-150 ventrals; anal divided; 19-29 subcaudals. Coloration: blackish brown above and below; lateral scales and ventrals lighter edged. [SOURCE: Boulenger] |
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