Smithophis

{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | taxon = Smithophis | authority = Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain, & Deepak, 2019 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 5, see text. }}

'''''Smithophis''''' is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae; the one species that was known prior to 2019 had been classified under the genus ''Rhabdops,'' but was removed in the process of erecting the new genus ''Smithophis''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Deepak|first1=V.|last2=Captain|first2=Ashok|last3=Lalronunga|first3=Samuel|last4=Lalremsanga|first4=H. T.|last5=Das|first5=Abhijit|last6=Gower|first6=David J.|last7=Giri|first7=Varad B.|date=2019-05-09|title=A new genus and species of natricine snake from northeast India|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4603.2.2|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=4603|issue=2|pages=241–264|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.2|pmid=31717226|issn=1175-5334|hdl=10141/622621|s2cid=165049846 |hdl-access=free}}</ref> The genus is endemic to Asia. It is named for Malcolm Arthur Smith, a British herpetologist who was active in Indian herpetology.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-11-05|title=New species 'pit viper snake' spotted in Arunachal|work=Nagaland Post|url=https://www.nagalandpost.com/new-species-pit-viper-snake-spotted-in-arunachal/195665.html|access-date=2021-12-27}}</ref>

==Species== The following species are recognized as being valid:<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Smithophis}}. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

*''Smithophis arunachalensis'' {{small|Das, Deepak, Captain, Wade & Gower, 2020}}<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Das|first1=Abhijit|last2=Deepak|first2=V.|last3=Captain|first3=Ashok|last4=Wade|first4=Edward O. Z.|last5=Gower|first5=David J.|date=2020-10-12|title=Description of a new species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4860.2.8|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4860|issue=2|pages=267–283|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.8|pmid=33056167 |s2cid=222841573 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription}}</ref> – Arunachal rain snake, black and yellow smithophis *''Smithophis atemporalis'' {{small|Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain, & Deepak, 2019}} – Mizo rain snake, narrow-headed smithophis *''Smithophis bicolor'' {{small|(Blyth, 1854)}} – brown trapezoid snake, two-colored forest snake *''Smithophis linearis'' {{small|Vogel, Chen, Deepak, Gower, Shi, Ding, & Hou, 2020}} – Jingpo mountain stream snake, lined smithophis *''Smithophis mizoramensis'' {{small|Mirza, Bhardwaj, Lalmuanawma, Choure, Lalremsanga, Vabeiryureilai, Captain, Zagade & Patel, 2024}} – Mizoram rain snake<ref>{{cite journal | last=Mirza | first=Zeeshan A. | last2=Bhardwaj | first2=Virender K. | last3=Lalmuanawma | first3=Jote Chawntual | last4=Choure | first4=Girish | last5=Lalremsanga | first5=Hmar Tlawmte | last6=Vabeiryureilai | first6=Mathipi | last7=Captain | first7=Ashok | last8=Zagade | first8=Akshay | last9=Patel | first9=Harshil | title=A New Species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 from the Indo-Burma Region | journal=Diversity | volume=16 | issue=8 | date=2024-08-07 | issn=1424-2818 | doi=10.3390/d16080480 | doi-access=free | page=480}}</ref>

''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Smithophis''.

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Smithophis Category:Snake genera Category:Taxa named by Veerappan Deepak