Note on the record of Blythia hmuifang Vogel, Lalremsanga, Vanlalhrima, 2017 from Lunglei District, Mizoram, India

Authors

  • Sujoy Raha
     Zoological Survey of India, Fire-proof spirit building, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal
  • Sunandan Das
     Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata - 700073, West Bengal
  • Probhat Bag
     Zoological Survey of India, Fire-proof spirit building, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i3/2020/146813

Keywords:

Blythia, Colubrid Snakes, Lunglei District, Ventral Scales, Variation

Abstract

One specimen of Blythia hmuifang Vogel et al. (2017) has been traced from among the collections of Zoological Survey of India collected from Lunglei district of Mizoram, India which forms the largest specimen known and slightly differ from the original description. The taxonomic details of the specimen presented in this paper show such differences amounting to extended range of scale counts.

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Published

2020-09-06

How to Cite

Raha, S., Das, S., & Bag, P. (2020). Note on the record of <i>Blythia hmuifang</i> Vogel, Lalremsanga, Vanlalhrima, 2017 from Lunglei District, Mizoram, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(3), 297–299. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i3/2020/146813

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Volume 120, Issue 3, 2020

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