The Mizoram Ground Snake (Blythia hmuifang), is a species of snake in the superfamily Colubroidea. It is endemic to Mizoram, India.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Blythia |
| Species: | B. hmuifang
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| Binomial name | |
| Blythia hmuifang Vogel, Lalremsanga & Vanlalhrima, 2017
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Etymology edit
The specific name hmuifang came in honor of the people of the Hmuifang village.
Description edit
The species can identified from Blythia reticulata, by having 114–117 ventral scales and 20–21 subcaudal scales in males. Smaller snakes have bright orange-red venter and older snakes have creamy venter.[3]
References edit
- ^ Das, A. (2021). "Blythia hmuifang". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T149313307A149313347. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "A Second Species of the Genus Blythia Theobald, 1868 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Mizoram, India". Zootaxa. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Vogel, G.; Lalremsanga, H. T.; Vanlalhrima, V. (2017). "A second species of the genus Blythia Theobald, 1868 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Mizoram, India". Zootaxa. 4276 (4): 569–581. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4276.4.8.
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