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on 
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Lalthlengliana on 
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(female), both collected by 
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near 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCB0A38FF1DFAD9057583C1" bold="true" box="[199,321,1387,1412]" pageId="1" pageNumber="570">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A species of the genus 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCB0A38FD8BFAD9069683C1" box="[593,674,1387,1412]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="570">Blythia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
characterized by the combination of: (1) 114–117 ventrals; (2) 18– 21 subcaudals; (3) a long tail in females (TaL/TL 0.109–0.116); (4) light upper labials with dark upper margins (5) venter bright orange-red or cream in life.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="43B085EFFFCB0A3FFF1DFA65058D821B" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="575" pageId="1" pageNumber="570" type="description">
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCB0A38FF1DFA6505F480C5" blockId="1.[151,1437,1156,2024]" pageId="1" pageNumber="570">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCB0A38FF1DFA6505DC83B5" bold="true" box="[199,488,1495,1520]" pageId="1" pageNumber="570">
Description of 
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.
</emphasis>
In a good state of preservation, hemipenes everted. Body cylindrical and elongate; head elongate, bluntly pointed, distinct from neck; snout long, nearly twice as long as eye diameter; small, round nostril piercing between two small nasals, touching the first supralabial below; eye moderate, its diameter slightly smaller than its distance to the nostril, round pupil; scales smooth without apical pits; tail short, tapering progressively and pointed.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCB0A38FF1DF939054980E1" bold="true" box="[199,381,1675,1700]" pageId="1" pageNumber="570">Measurements.</emphasis>
SVL: 
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; TaL: 
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; TL: 
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; ratio of TaL/TL: 0.120; HL: 
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; SnL: 
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCB0A38FF1DF961057B8171" blockId="1.[151,1437,1156,2024]" pageId="1" pageNumber="570">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCB0A38FF1DF961050A80A9" bold="true" box="[199,318,1747,1772]" pageId="1" pageNumber="570">Dentition.</emphasis>
As these specimens are quite small, we did not examine the teeth in detail. However the maxillary teeth in the middle are larger than anterior and posterior ones as described in the definition of the genus according to 
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCB0A38FF1DF88D057A811D" bold="true" box="[199,334,1855,1880]" pageId="1" pageNumber="570">Hemipenis.</emphasis>
Simple, cylindrical organ extending up to the 5th subcaudal scales, not forked; sparsely spinous proximally and calyculate distally throughout, the spines increase in size from the proximal region to the distal region of hemipenial core; apical lobes terminate flat, surrounded by strong and exposed calyculate spines; sulcus spermaticus simple or undivided; the spine line on the either side of the sulcus spermaticus is very weak; the base of the hemipenes is nude (see 
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0B15D664FFC80A3BFF4DF866014181AF" blockId="2.[151,1397,2004,2026]" box="[151,1397,2004,2026]" pageId="2" pageNumber="571">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFC80A3BFF4DF866052681AC" bold="true" box="[151,274,2004,2026]" pageId="2" pageNumber="571">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Holotype of 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFC80A3BFE42F866067C81AF" box="[408,584,2004,2026]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="571">Blythia hmuifang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFC80A3BFD94F86606AA81AC" bold="true" box="[590,670,2004,2025]" pageId="2" pageNumber="571">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(MZMU 714): General view (A) and lateral view of head (B), left side.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="0B15D664FFC90A3AFF4DF9D5008A8038" blockId="3.[151,1214,1639,1661]" box="[151,1214,1639,1661]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFC90A3AFF4DF9D505268039" bold="true" box="[151,274,1639,1661]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Holotype of 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFC90A3AFE42F9D5067C8038" box="[408,584,1639,1661]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">Blythia hmuifang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFC90A3AFD94F9D506AA8039" bold="true" box="[590,670,1639,1660]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(MZMU 714, male): Ventral view, freshly preserved.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFC90A3AFF1DF916054980F8" bold="true" box="[199,381,1700,1725]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">Body scalation.</emphasis>
DSR: 13–13–13, all smooth; 114 Ve (+ 2 preventrals); 21 Sc, all paired; anal divided; terminal caudal scale pointing.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFC90A3AFF1DF95E05B08140" bold="true" box="[199,388,1772,1797]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">Head scalation.</emphasis>
Upper head scalation complete, including 2 internasals, 2 prefrontals, 2 supraoculars, 1 frontal, and 2 parietals. Rostral wider than high, hardly visible from above; 2 small, triangular nasals, the nostril in between; internasals trapezoid, much wider than long, less than half as long as prefrontals; the short suture between internasals about two thirds as long as the suture between prefrontals; prefrontals large, much wider than long, their suture about one third as long as frontal, touching the 2nd and 3rd supralabials on each side; supraoculars quadrangular, narrow, more than twice as long as broad; frontal, large, hexagonal, long and wide, about 1.4 times longer than wide; parietals very large, extending on about 45% of HL, longer than wide, about 1.5 times longer than frontal; a small nuchal scale behind parietal; no loreal scale; 6 / 6 SL, 1st in contact with both nasals, 2nd in contact with posterior nasal, 2nd and 3rd in contact with prefrontal, 3rd and 4th SL entering orbit, 6th SL largest; no preoculars, prefrontal entering orbit; no suboculars; 1 / 1 postocular; 1 / 1 large temporal, followed by a paraparietal and an enlarged dorsal scale, temporal touching the 5th and 6th supralabials; 6 / 6 IL, 1st IL broadly in contact each with the other, 1st–4th IL in contact with anterior chin shields; mental small; anterior chin shields more than twice as long as the short posterior ones.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCE0A3DFF4DFB20074E82ED" blockId="4.[151,890,1170,1192]" box="[151,890,1170,1192]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCE0A3DFF4DFB20052682E2" bold="true" box="[151,274,1170,1192]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Holotype of 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCE0A3DFE42FB20067C82ED" box="[408,584,1170,1192]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">Blythia hmuifang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCE0A3DFD94FB2106AA82ED" bold="true" box="[590,670,1171,1192]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(MZMU 714) in life.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCE0A3DFF4DF80C070D81B7" blockId="4.[151,1436,1982,2035]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCE0A3DFF4DF80C05268196" bold="true" box="[151,274,1982,2004]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Comparison of the heads of (A) the holotype of 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCE0A3DFD27F80C07988191" box="[765,940,1982,2004]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">Blythia hmuifang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCE0A3DFC68F80D00368191" bold="true" box="[946,1026,1983,2004]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(MZMU 714), (B) a paratype of 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCE0A3DFA89F80C04C381B7" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">Blythia hmuifang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCE0A3DFF27F86F057981B7" bold="true" box="[253,333,2013,2034]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(MZMU 716) and (C) 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCE0A3DFDE3F86C068381B7" box="[569,695,2012,2035]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">B. reticulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MZU 802).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCF0A3CFF4DFD5D00EE8540" blockId="5.[151,1242,751,773]" box="[151,1242,751,773]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCF0A3CFF4DFD5D05268541" bold="true" box="[151,274,751,773]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Hemipenes of 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCF0A3CFE76FD5D06688540" box="[428,604,751,773]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Blythia reticulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(A) and the holotype of 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCF0A3CFC8DFD4207E78540" box="[855,979,751,773]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">B. hmuifang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCF0A3CFC03FD5D001E8541" bold="true" box="[985,1066,751,772]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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MZMU 714 (B).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCF0A3CFF4DF9CC05F080F6" blockId="5.[151,1436,1662,1715]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCF0A3CFF4DF9CC052080D1" bold="true" box="[151,276,1662,1684]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Comparison of the paratype of 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCF0A3CFDBFF9CC072280D1" box="[613,790,1662,1684]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Blythia hmuifang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCF0A3CFCC5F9CD074680D1" bold="true" box="[799,882,1663,1684]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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left (MZMU 715, female) with a juvenile of 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCF0A3CFA89F9CC04CD80F6" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Blythia reticulata</emphasis>
(Blyth, 1854)
</taxonomicName>
right.
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCF0A3CFF1DF968059B80B6" bold="true" box="[199,431,1754,1779]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Colour and pattern</emphasis>
. Body and tail dark brown, dorsal scales with fine speckling and a mixture of cream, pale orange and bright orange upon closer examination; this speckling becomes darker posteriorly resulting in a slightly darker appearance of the tail. Dorsal scales edged in darker colour; a faint longitudinal dark ventrolateral line between the 2nd and 3rd dorsal scale rows, extending from the neck region to the tail tip; two more indistinct ventrolateral lines also present between the 1st and 2nd dorsal scale rows as well as between the 4th and 5th; the ventrolateral line between the 1st and 2nd scale rows disappearing beyond the vent while that between the 4th and 5th scale rows extending indistinctly to the tail tip; a pale orange, complete crossband on the neck, from the first ventral to the parietals and extending across the temporal up to the corner of the mouth. Lower part of supralabials cream, upper part dark, forming a dark stripe, extending posteriorly to the anterior half of the temporal and 6th supralabial. The interscales between 5th supralabial, temporal and 6th supralabial mottled with cream colour. Internasals dark with irregular light marbling, the remaining part of the head coloured like the dorsal part of the body.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCC0A3FFF1DFEE3006687CB" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1118]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">The chin and throat cream, with few dark brown irregular blotches, especially along the margins of the first three lower labials and anterior chin shields. The tongue dark with a cream tip in life.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCC0A3FFF1DFE2B01A487BC" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1118]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
The venter bright orange-red in life (
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), cream in preservative, ventrals uniformly dark mottled at their lateral parts. A few tiny scattered brown spots on the venter. Posterior margin of the ventrals lighter. In life, ventral surface of the tail heavily mottled with dark spots, paler anteriorly than posteriorly, with a few scattered red parts.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCC0A3FFF1DFDB704EB857B" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1118]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCC0A3FFF1DFDB70508845B" bold="true" box="[199,316,517,542]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Variation.</emphasis>
The new species is known only from the male 
<typeStatus id="D41168C6FFCC0A3FFCB4FDB707E4845B" box="[878,976,517,542]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
and three 
<typeStatus id="D41168C6FFCC0A3FFB94FDB4008E845B" box="[1102,1210,518,542]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
(one male and two females). Morphologically, the three 
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agreed well with the 
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, except in the following characters (characters of the 
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in brackets): maximal known SVL: 
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(
<quantity id="CC527B81FFCC0A3FFC13FDFF001F8423" box="[969,1067,589,614]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.54" pageId="6" pageNumber="575" unit="mm" value="154.0">154 mm</quantity>
); TaL: 
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(
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); TL: 
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(
<quantity id="CC527B81FFCC0A3FFF0BFDC3050784CF" box="[209,307,625,650]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.75" pageId="6" pageNumber="575" unit="mm" value="175.0">175 mm</quantity>
); ratio TaL/TL: 0.109–0.120 (0.120); Ve 114–117 (114), Sc 19–21 (21); the absence of a pale band on the neck region and cream colouration of the venter in MZMU 716 which is the largest specimen (
<figureCitation id="9391CAE1FFCC0A3FFAC8FD27016E84EB" box="[1298,1370,661,686]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="4.[151,249,1982,2004]" captionTargetBox="[151,1423,1256,1950]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,1242,1960]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 4. Comparison of the heads of (A) the holotype of Blythia hmuifang sp. nov. (MZMU 714), (B) a paratype of Blythia hmuifang sp. nov. (MZMU 716) and (C) B. reticulata (MZU 802)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/808076/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
). The reason for this could be an ontogenetic shift (see 
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for a detailed comparison). There is not enough material available for a detailed analysis of a sexual dimorphism, but a comparison of the four specimens show that females obviously have a shorter tail, fewer Sc and more Ve, and the variation is usually found in colubrid snakes (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCC0A3FFF1DFCFB05598527" bold="true" box="[199,365,841,866]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Comparisons.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCC0A3FFEAEFCFB06038527" box="[372,567,841,866]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Blythia hmuifang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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differs from 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCC0A3FFC9CFCF807E78527" box="[838,979,841,866]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">B. reticulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the only known species of the genus in the number of ventral scales (114–117 vs. 129–149), the number of subcaudal scales in males (20–21 vs. 22–32), the proportion of tail length/total length in females (0.109–0.116 vs. 0.076–0.098), the colour of the venter (bright orange-red in smaller specimens, cream in the largest specimen vs. black in all ages), the colouration of the supralabials (lower part of the supralabials pale vs. totally dark) and other smaller differences in the colouration (
<bibRefCitation id="6F3BAB95FFCC0A3FFF45FC4F06D68253" author="Smith" box="[159,738,1021,1046]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575" refString="Smith, M. A. (1943) The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-chinese subregion. Reptilia and Amphibia. Fol. III. Serpentes. Taylor &amp; Francis, London, 583 pp." type="book" year="1943">Smith, 1943 and examined specimens [Appendix]</bibRefCitation>
). The hemipenis of the new species also differs from that of 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCC0A3FFF4DFB93056A827F" box="[151,350,1057,1082]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Blythia reticulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(sparsely spinous vs. uniformly spinose; longitudinal folds absent vs. present; terminate with blunt vs. lobe, see 
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCC0A3FFF4DFB3F053E82E1" bold="true" box="[151,266,1165,1188]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Comparison of the main characters of the two known species of the genus 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCC0A3FFBF1FB3F004C82E1" box="[1067,1144,1165,1188]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Blythia</emphasis>
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(n.a.: not applicable).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCC0A3FFE84FB72063A8293" box="[350,526,1216,1238]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Blythia hmuifang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCC0A3FFE84FB6D059B82B1" bold="true" box="[350,431,1247,1268]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
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<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCC0A3FFDE1FB7206D88293" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1854" box="[571,748,1216,1238]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Blythia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="575" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="reticulata">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCC0A3FFDE1FB7206D88293" box="[571,748,1216,1238]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Blythia reticulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
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Syntypes of 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCC0A3FFCD8FB6D078082B0" box="[770,948,1247,1269]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Blythia reticulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
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Holotype of 
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<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCC0A3FFC0EFB6D00558356" box="[980,1121,1247,1299]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Aproaspidops antecursorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
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<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCC0A3FFB74FB72016B8293" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1854" box="[1198,1375,1216,1238]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Blythia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="6" pageNumber="575" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="reticulata">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCC0A3FFB74FB72016B8293" box="[1198,1375,1216,1238]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Blythia reticulata</emphasis>
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</th>
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<tr id="B59AD426FFCCF5C6FF45FA9501B1831E" box="[159,1413,1319,1371]" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<th id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FF45FA95051F831E" box="[159,299,1319,1371]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">source</th>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FE84FA950628831E" box="[350,540,1319,1371]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Examined type specimens</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FDE1FA9506D8831E" box="[571,748,1319,1371]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Smith, 1943</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FCD8FA950780831E" box="[770,948,1319,1371]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Examined specimens</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FC0EFA95004C831E" box="[980,1144,1319,1371]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Examined specimen</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FB74FA9501B1831E" box="[1198,1413,1319,1371]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Examined specimens from Mizoram</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B59AD426FFCCF5C6FF45FADD01B183C0" box="[159,1413,1391,1413]" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<th id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FF45FADD051F83C0" box="[159,299,1391,1413]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Material</th>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FE84FADD062883C0" box="[350,540,1391,1413]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">2 males; 2 females</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FDE1FADD06D883C0" box="[571,748,1391,1413]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">-----</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FCD8FADD078083C0" box="[770,948,1391,1413]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">2 males</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FC0EFADD004C83C0" box="[980,1144,1391,1413]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">1 female</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FB74FADD01B183C0" box="[1198,1413,1391,1413]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">4 males; 4 females</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B59AD426FFCCF5C6FF45FA2A01B183EB" box="[159,1413,1432,1454]" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<th id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FF45FA2A051F83EB" box="[159,299,1432,1454]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Ve</th>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FE84FA2A062883EB" box="[350,540,1432,1454]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">114–117</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FDE1FA2A06D883EB" box="[571,748,1432,1454]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">127–155</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FCD8FA2A078083EB" box="[770,948,1432,1454]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">134–138</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FC0EFA2A004C83EB" box="[980,1144,1432,1454]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">149</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FB74FA2A01B183EB" box="[1198,1413,1432,1454]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">129–141</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B59AD426FFCCF5C6FF45FA7301B18392" box="[159,1413,1473,1495]" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<th id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FF45FA73051F8392" box="[159,299,1473,1495]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Sc, males</th>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FE84FA7306288392" box="[350,540,1473,1495]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">20–21</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FDE1FA7306D88392" box="[571,748,1473,1495]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">26–32</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FCD8FA7307808392" box="[770,948,1473,1495]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">28</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FC0EFA73004C8392" box="[980,1144,1473,1495]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">n.a.</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FB74FA7301B18392" box="[1198,1413,1473,1495]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">22–25</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B59AD426FFCCF5C6FF45FA5901B18044" box="[159,1413,1515,1537]" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<th id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FF45FA59051F8044" box="[159,299,1515,1537]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Sc, females</th>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FE84FA5906288044" box="[350,540,1515,1537]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">18</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FDE1FA5906D88044" box="[571,748,1515,1537]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">18–24</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FCD8FA5907808044" box="[770,948,1515,1537]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">n.a.</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FC0EFA59004C8044" box="[980,1144,1515,1537]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">17</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FB74FA5901B18044" box="[1198,1413,1515,1537]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">17–21</td>
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<tr id="B59AD426FFCCF5C6FF45F9A601B1800C" box="[159,1413,1556,1609]" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<th id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FF45F9A6051F800C" box="[159,299,1556,1609]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Ratio TaL/TL males</th>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FE84F9A60628800C" box="[350,540,1556,1609]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">0.116–0.120</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FDE1F9A606D8800C" box="[571,748,1556,1609]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">no data</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FCD8F9A60780800C" box="[770,948,1556,1609]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">0.118–0.130</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FC0EF9A6004C800C" box="[980,1144,1556,1609]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">n.a.</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FB74F9A601B1800C" box="[1198,1413,1556,1609]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">0.102–0.127</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B59AD426FFCCF5C6FF45F9EE01B180D4" box="[159,1413,1628,1681]" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<th id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FF45F9EE051F80D4" box="[159,299,1628,1681]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Ratio TaL/TL females</th>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FE84F9EE062880D4" box="[350,540,1628,1681]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">0.109–0.116</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FDE1F9EE06D880D4" box="[571,748,1628,1681]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">no data</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FCD8F9EE078080D4" box="[770,948,1628,1681]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">n.a.</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FC0EF9EE004C80D4" box="[980,1144,1628,1681]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">0.075</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FB74F9EE01B180D4" box="[1198,1413,1628,1681]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">0.076–0.098</td>
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<tr id="B59AD426FFCCF5C6FF45F91601B18170" box="[159,1413,1700,1845]" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<th id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FF45F916051F8170" box="[159,299,1700,1845]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Colour venter</th>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FE84F91606288170" box="[350,540,1700,1845]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Bright orange-red in smaller specimens, cream in the largest specimen</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FDE1F91606D88170" box="[571,748,1700,1845]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">black</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FCD8F91607808170" box="[770,948,1700,1845]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Bleached but obviously in the same colour as body</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FC0EF916004C8170" box="[980,1144,1700,1845]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Bleached but obviously in the same colour as body</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FB74F91601B18170" box="[1198,1413,1700,1845]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">black</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B59AD426FFCCF5C6FF45F8FA01B181FF" box="[159,1413,1864,1978]" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<th id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FF45F8FA051F81FF" box="[159,299,1864,1978]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Upper labials</th>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FE84F8FA062881FF" box="[350,540,1864,1978]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Ventral half light</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FDE1F8FA06D881FF" box="[571,748,1864,1978]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">dark</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FCD8F8FA078081FF" box="[770,948,1864,1978]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Bleached but obviously in the same colour as body</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FC0EF8FA004C81FF" box="[980,1144,1864,1978]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Bleached but obviously in the same colour as body</td>
<td id="F64BBD5AFFCCF5C6FB74F8FA01B181FF" box="[1198,1413,1864,1978]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">dark</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<subSubSection id="43B085EFFFCD0A3EFF1DFF2507C787CD" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCD0A3EFF1DFF25005E8759" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF1DFF2505BC86F5" authority="Vogel &amp; Lalremsanga, 2017" authorityName="Vogel &amp; Lalremsanga" authorityYear="2017" box="[199,392,151,176]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Blythia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hmuifang" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF1DFF2505BC86F5" box="[199,392,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Blythia hmuifang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="22EDB70DFFCD0A3EFE54FF2A05C986EA" box="[398,509,152,175]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs from the 
<typeStatus id="D41168C6FFCD0A3EFD6DFF25072D86F5" box="[695,793,151,176]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFCE7FF25010086F5" authority="Annadale, 1912" authorityName="Annadale" authorityYear="1912" box="[829,1332,151,176]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Aproaspidops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="antecursorum">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFCE7FF25004E86F5" box="[829,1146,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Aproaspidops antecursorum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="6F3BAB95FFCD0A3EFB5AFF25010086F5" author="Annadale" box="[1152,1332,151,176]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" refString="Annandale, N. (1912) Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911 - 1912. Records of the Indian Museum, 8, 1 - 59, pl. 5." type="journal article" year="1912">Annadale, 1912</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, which is a juvenile female, most notably by the number of ventral scales (114–117 vs. 149) and by the colour of the belly (bright orange red in smaller specimens, cream in the largest specimen vs. dark olive with paler border). For the present time we regard 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFE47FEB606EF8759" authorityName="Annadale" authorityYear="1912" box="[413,731,260,285]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Aproaspidops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="antecursorum">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFE47FEB606EF8759" box="[413,731,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Aproaspidops antecursorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a synonym of 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFC45FEB600578758" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1854" box="[927,1123,260,285]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Blythia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="reticulata">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFC45FEB600578758" box="[927,1123,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Blythia reticulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCD0A3EFF1DFE9507C787CD" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF1DFE9505B98705" authority="Vogel &amp; Lalremsanga, 2017" authorityName="Vogel &amp; Lalremsanga" authorityYear="2017" box="[199,397,295,320]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Blythia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hmuifang" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF1DFE9505B98705" box="[199,397,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Blythia hmuifang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="22EDB70DFFCD0A3EFE43FE9A0639877A" box="[409,525,296,319]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs from members of the superficially similar genus 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFB74FE9501728705" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1853" box="[1198,1350,295,320]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Trachischium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFB74FE9501728705" box="[1198,1350,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Trachischium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the absence of a loreal and a preocular scale, from the genus 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFC94FEFE07FC8720" authorityName="Boie" authorityYear="1827" box="[846,968,332,357]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Calamaria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFC94FEFE07FC8720" box="[846,968,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Calamaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of internasals and one temporal scale, and from the genus 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFDFFFEDD06B387CD" authorityName="Beddome" authorityYear="1878" box="[549,647,367,392]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Xylophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFDFFFEDD06B387CD" box="[549,647,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Xylophis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the absence of a loreal scale.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="43B085EFFFCD0A3EFF1DFE2601348795" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" type="description">
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCD0A3EFF1DFE2601348795" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">
Three specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFE70FE27060787E8" authority="Vogel &amp; Lalremsanga, 2017" authorityName="Vogel &amp; Lalremsanga" authorityYear="2017" box="[426,563,404,429]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Blythia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hmuifang" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFE70FE27060787E8" box="[426,563,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">B. hmuifang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="22EDB70DFFCD0A3EFDE0FE27069887E9" box="[570,684,405,428]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, MZMU 714, MZMU 715 and MZMU 717 may still have juvenile coloration with the light collar in the neck, which is also present in juveniles of 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFBCEFE0B00AB8795" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1854" box="[1044,1183,439,464]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Blythia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="reticulata">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFBCEFE0B00AB8795" box="[1044,1183,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">B. reticulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="9391CAE1FFCD0A3EFB74FE0500C58795" box="[1198,1265,439,464]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="5.[151,249,1662,1684]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,822,1641]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1435,822,1641]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 6. Comparison of the paratype of Blythia hmuifang sp. nov. left (MZMU 715, female) with a juvenile of Blythia reticulata (Blyth, 1854) right." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/808080/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="43B085EFFFCD0A3EFF1DFE6E07188478" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCD0A3EFF1DFE6E07188478" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF1DFE6E057A87B0" bold="true" box="[199,334,476,501]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Etymology.</emphasis>
The new species is named in honour of the people of the 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFC14FE6E000B87B0" authorityName="Vogel &amp; Lalremsanga" authorityYear="2017" box="[974,1087,476,501]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Blythia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="580" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hmuifang">Hmuifang</taxonomicName>
village who have gone to great lengths to preserve their natural landscape. As common names, we suggest 
<collectingRegion id="C96E1886FFCD0A3EFBD6FE4D0047845D" box="[1036,1139,511,536]" country="India" name="Mizoram" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Mizoram</collectingRegion>
Ground Snake (English), 
<collectingRegion id="C96E1886FFCD0A3EFF4DFD9604CA8478" box="[151,254,548,573]" country="India" name="Mizoram" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Mizoram</collectingRegion>
Bodennatter (German) and Lunghnuairul (Mizo).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="43B085EFFFCD0A31FF1DFDF5002C86BD" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="577" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCD0A3EFF1DFDF506868488" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF1DFDF505548425" bold="true" box="[199,352,583,608]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Distribution.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFEB0FDF5061A8425" authority="Vogel &amp; Lalremsanga, 2017" authorityName="Vogel &amp; Lalremsanga" authorityYear="2017" box="[362,558,583,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Blythia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hmuifang" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFEB0FDF5061A8425" box="[362,558,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Blythia hmuifang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="22EDB70DFFCD0A3EFDE2FDFA06A5841A" box="[568,657,584,607]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is known only from the two following localities, both in 
<collectingRegion id="C96E1886FFCD0A3EFAF5FDF501AC8425" box="[1327,1432,583,608]" country="India" name="Mizoram" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Mizoram</collectingRegion>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF4DFDDE059B84C0" authority="Hmuifang, Aizawl" authorityName="A. Nageswara Rao" authorityYear="1999" box="[151,431,620,645]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" genus="India" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<collectingCountry id="73BD96F4FFCD0A3EFF4DFDDE04E184C0" box="[151,213,620,645]" name="India" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">India</collectingCountry>
: Hmuifang, Aizawl
</taxonomicName>
District (
<typeStatus id="D41168C6FFCD0A3EFDC2FDDE067E84C1" box="[536,586,620,644]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">type</typeStatus>
locality) and near Lungkawlh village, Serchhip District. It may be expected in neighbouring states of 
<collectingRegion id="C96E1886FFCD0A3EFE60FD3D062F84ED" box="[442,539,655,680]" country="India" name="Manipur" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Manipur</collectingRegion>
and 
<collectingRegion id="C96E1886FFCD0A3EFD8EFD3D06F684ED" box="[596,706,655,680]" country="India" name="Nagaland" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Nagaland</collectingRegion>
, and in 
<collectingCountry id="73BD96F4FFCD0A3EFCC4FD2207B984ED" box="[798,909,656,680]" name="Myanmar" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Myanmar</collectingCountry>
. It may have been overlooked due to its small size or most probably due to its secretive habits.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCD0A3EFF1DFD6500DF85E1" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF1DFD6505B184B5" bold="true" box="[199,389,727,752]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Natural history.</emphasis>
The type locality located between 92°45'21''E–92°46'01''E and 23°26'19''N–23°27'26''N with elevations from 
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asl. The annual precipitation is approximately 
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. It is located at a distance of ca. 
<quantity id="CC527B81FFCD0A3EFE98FCAD05BE857D" box="[322,394,799,824]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" unit="km" value="50.0">50 km</quantity>
to the south of Aizawl city, the capital of Mizoram. The area is covered with moist tropical montane forests which have been preserved since the days of the Mizo chiefs during the early 19th century. Small perennial streams originate below the virgin forest that surrounds a natural lawn. Undergrowth within the forest contains largely herbaceous plants and fern species. The most common trees present in the area are
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCD0A3EFF1DFC1D010D8310" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">
The most common trees present in the area are 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFD32FC1D0175858D" authority="Wall. ex Planch. &amp; Triana" authorityName="Wall. ex Planch. &amp; Triana" box="[744,1345,943,968]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Callophyllum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polyanthum">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFD32FC1D003A858D" box="[744,1038,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Callophyllum polyanthum</emphasis>
Wall. ex Planch. &amp; Triana
</taxonomicName>
(family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF4DFC66057385A8" authorityName="J. Agardh" authorityYear="1858" box="[151,327,980,1005]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Calophyllaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF4DFC66057385A8" box="[151,327,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Calophyllaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFE84FC66073385A9" authority="Roxb. ex G.Don" authorityName="Roxb. ex G.Don" box="[350,775,980,1005]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Elaeocarpaceae" genus="Elaeocarpus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Oxalidales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rugosus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFE84FC66067885A9" box="[350,588,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Elaeocarpus rugosus</emphasis>
Roxb. ex G.Don
</taxonomicName>
(family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFCB2FC66002A85A8" box="[872,1054,980,1005]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Elaeocarpaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Oxalidales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFCB2FC66002A85A8" box="[872,1054,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Elaeocarpaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFBECFC6604D68255" authority="Lechen ex Blume" authorityName="Lechen ex Blume" authorityYear="1826" class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Engelhardtia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spicata">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFBECFC66011585A9" box="[1078,1313,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Engelhardtia spicata</emphasis>
Lechen ex Blume
</taxonomicName>
(family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFEBBFC4505C98255" box="[353,509,1015,1040]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Juglandaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFEBBFC4505C98255" box="[353,509,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Juglandaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFDFEFC4A001D8255" authority="A.Camus 1935" authorityName="A.Camus" authorityYear="1935" box="[548,1065,1015,1040]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="leucotrichophora">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFDFEFC4A076E8255" box="[548,858,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Quercus leucotrichophora</emphasis>
A.Camus 1935
</taxonomicName>
(family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFB73FC4B01238255" authorityName="Dumortier" authorityYear="1829" box="[1193,1303,1017,1040]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFB73FC4B01238255" box="[1193,1303,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Fagaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFAE4FC4A051C8270" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="polystachyus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFAE4FC4A051C8270" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Quercus polystachyus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Wall. ex A.DC.) Rehder (family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFD1DFBAF07018271" authorityName="Dumortier" authorityYear="1829" box="[711,821,1053,1076]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFD1DFBAF07018271" box="[711,821,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Fagaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFC88FBAE003B8270" box="[850,1039,1052,1077]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rubiaceae" genus="Rubia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cordifolia">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFC88FBAE003B8270" box="[850,1039,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Rubia cordifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFB45FBAE01218270" authorityName="de Jussieu" authorityYear="1789" box="[1183,1301,1052,1077]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rubiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFB45FBAE01218270" box="[1183,1301,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Rubiaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFAE8FBAF058B821D" authority="(Roxb.) Wall." authorityName="(Roxb.) Wall." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Syzygium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="claviflorum">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFAE8FBAF052C821D" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Syzygium claviflorum</emphasis>
(Roxb.) Wall.
</taxonomicName>
ex. A.M.Cowan &amp; Cowan (family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFCB8FBF307EE821D" authorityName="de Jussieu" authorityYear="1789" box="[866,986,1089,1112]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFCB8FBF307EE821D" box="[866,986,1089,1112]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Myrtaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFC2FFBF20081821D" authorityName="Skeels" authorityYear="1912" box="[1013,1205,1088,1112]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Syzygium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cumini">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFC2FFBF20081821D" box="[1013,1205,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Syzygium cumini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L.) Skeels (family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF4DFBD7053B8239" authorityName="de Jussieu" authorityYear="1789" box="[151,271,1125,1148]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF4DFBD7053B8239" box="[151,271,1125,1148]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Myrtaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFEF2FBD606498238" authority="Wall." authorityName="Wall ex Wight &amp; Arn" authorityYear="1834" box="[296,637,1124,1149]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rubiaceae" genus="Wendlandia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="budleioides">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFEF2FBD606038238" box="[296,567,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Wendlandia budleioides</emphasis>
Wall.
</taxonomicName>
ex. Wight &amp; Arn. (family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFC6EFBD6001E8238" authorityName="de Jussieu" authorityYear="1789" box="[948,1066,1124,1149]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rubiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFC6EFBD6001E8238" box="[948,1066,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Rubiaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), etc. Three species of bamboo, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF4DFB35072A82E5" authority="(Munro) Hsueh &amp; T.P.Yi" authorityName="Hsueh f. &amp; T. P. Yi" authorityYear="1979" box="[151,798,1159,1184]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Chimonocalamus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="griffithianus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF4DFB3505C582E5" box="[151,497,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Chimonocalamus griffithianus</emphasis>
(Munro) Hsueh &amp; T.P.Yi
</taxonomicName>
(family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFC5DFB3B07D382E5" authorityName="Barnhart" authorityYear="1895" box="[903,999,1161,1184]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFC5DFB3B07D382E5" box="[903,999,1161,1184]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Poaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFBD9FB3501A882E5" authority="Munro" authorityName="Munro" box="[1027,1436,1159,1184]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Cephalostachyum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="latifolium">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFBD9FB35017082E5" box="[1027,1348,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Cephalostachyum latifolium</emphasis>
Munro
</taxonomicName>
(family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF23FB1F056D8281" authorityName="Barnhart" authorityYear="1895" box="[249,345,1197,1220]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF23FB1F056D8281" box="[249,345,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Poaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFE71FB1E075A8281" authority="Munro" authorityName="Munro" box="[427,878,1196,1221]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Pseudostachyum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="polymorphum">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFE71FB1E07278280" box="[427,787,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Pseudostachyum polymorphum</emphasis>
Munro
</taxonomicName>
(family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFC3AFB1F00748281" authorityName="Barnhart" authorityYear="1895" box="[992,1088,1197,1220]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFC3AFB1F00748281" box="[992,1088,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Poaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and other vegetations, like 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF4DFB62073582AD" authority="(Spreng.) R.M.King &amp; H.Rob." authorityName="R. King &amp; H. Rob" authorityYear="1970" box="[151,769,1231,1256]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Ageratina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="adenophora">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF4DFB6205AC82AD" box="[151,408,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Ageratina adenophora</emphasis>
(Spreng.) R.M.King &amp; H.Rob.
</taxonomicName>
(family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFCB2FB6207DA82A2" box="[872,1006,1232,1255]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Compositae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFCB2FB6207DA82A2" box="[872,1006,1232,1255]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Compositae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFBD2FB62017482AD" authority="Roxb." authorityName="Roxb" authorityYear="1820" box="[1032,1344,1231,1256]" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Amomum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dealbatum">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFBD2FB6200C682AD" box="[1032,1266,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Amomum dealbatum</emphasis>
Roxb.
</taxonomicName>
(family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF4DFB46050D8348" authorityName="Martinov" authorityYear="1820" box="[151,313,1268,1293]" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF4DFB46050D8348" box="[151,313,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Zingiberaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFE8FFB4606248348" authorityName="Blume ex Decaisne" authorityYear="1834" box="[341,528,1268,1293]" class="Liliopsida" family="Araceae" genus="Amorphophallus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Alismatales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFE8FFB4606248348" box="[341,528,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Amorphophallus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. (family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFD7FFB460736834E" box="[677,770,1268,1291]" class="Liliopsida" family="Araceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Alismatales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFD7FFB460736834E" box="[677,770,1268,1291]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Araceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFCC5FB4600A68348" box="[799,1170,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Aneoctochilus brevilabris Lindl.</emphasis>
(family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFB26FB4601B88348" box="[1276,1420,1268,1293]" class="Liliopsida" family="Orchidaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFB26FB4601B88348" box="[1276,1420,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Orchidaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF4DFAAB0587836A" authority="D.Don" authorityName="D.Don" box="[151,435,1303,1328]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" genus="Begonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="palmata">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF4DFAAB05688375" box="[151,348,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Begonia palmata</emphasis>
D.Don
</taxonomicName>
(family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFDC6FAAB06998375" box="[540,685,1305,1328]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Begoniaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFDC6FAAB06998375" box="[540,685,1305,1328]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Begoniaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFD12FAAA078B8375" box="[712,959,1303,1328]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lauraceae" genus="Cinnamomum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Laurales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tamala">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFD12FAAA078B8375" box="[712,959,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Cinnamomum tamala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Buch.-Ham.) T.Nees &amp; Eberm. (family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF4DFA8F053B8311" authorityName="de Jussieu" authorityYear="1789" box="[151,271,1341,1364]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lauraceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Laurales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF4DFA8F053B8311" box="[151,271,1341,1364]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Lauraceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFEFFFA8E05A38310" box="[293,407,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Calocasia</emphasis>
sp. (family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFDC5FA8E06488316" box="[543,636,1340,1363]" class="Liliopsida" family="Araceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Alismatales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFDC5FA8E06488316" box="[543,636,1340,1363]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Araceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFD49FA8F071C8310" authorityName="L." authorityYear="1753" box="[659,808,1340,1365]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" genus="Urena" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malvales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lobata">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFD49FA8F071C8310" box="[659,808,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Urena lobata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (family 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFC72FA8E00178310" authorityName="de Jussieu" authorityYear="1789" box="[936,1059,1340,1365]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malvales" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFC72FA8E00178310" box="[936,1059,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Malvaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), etc. are also identified.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCD0A3EFF1DFAED0581801E" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">
The holotype was encountered and collected under wet bolders from the intermittent stream that seeps from crevices of rocky bed under the forested area (23o 27'13.5&quot; N; 92o 45'0.9.5&quot;E; 
<quantity id="CC527B81FFCD0A3EFBD3FA35006B83DA" box="[1033,1119,1415,1439]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.4419999999999997" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" unit="m" value="1442.0">1442 m</quantity>
asl) at around 03:45 PM on 
<date id="7F14F0A4FFCD0A3EFF4DFA1C050B8383" box="[151,319,1450,1478]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" value="2015-04-14">14th April 2015</date>
(
<figureCitation id="9391CAE1FFCD0A3EFE97FA1F05A58383" box="[333,401,1453,1478]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="8.[151,249,1980,2002]" captionTargetBox="[178,1404,303,1938]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[178,1404,303,1938]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 7. Habitat of the holotype of Blythia hmuifang sp. nov. at Hmuifang Community Reserved Forest." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/808082/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
). The paratype, MZMU 715 was collected from the foot path just in front of the tourist lodge (23o 47'52.7&quot; N; 92o 43'40. 8&quot;E; 
<quantity id="CC527B81FFCD0A3EFDDCFA66066883A9" box="[518,604,1492,1517]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.458" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" unit="m" value="1458.0">1458 m</quantity>
asl, about 
<quantity id="CC527B81FFCD0A3EFD02FA67071483A9" box="[728,800,1493,1517]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" unit="m" value="300.0">300 m</quantity>
away from the holotype collection site) at around 06:30 AM on the 
<date id="7F14F0A4FFCD0A3EFEC6FA4905FB8051" box="[284,463,1527,1556]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" value="2015-04-22">22nd April 2015</date>
. Two other paratypes, MZMU 716 and MZMU 717, were collected underneath rocks during day time by workers while constructing the road, near Lungkawlh village which is very close to the Myanmar border (
<figureCitation id="9391CAE1FFCD0A3EFEB9F9F10593801E" box="[355,423,1603,1628]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="9.[151,249,1365,1387]" captionTargetBox="[172,1403,211,1328]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,193,1343]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 8. Map showing the distribution of Blythia hmuifang sp. nov. and the known distribution of B. reticulata: 1. Htingnam; 2. Sumprabum; 3. Gandhigram; 4. Renging, Janakmukh and Rotung; 5. Dejoo, of North Lakhimpur; 6. Dafla Hill; 7. Itanagar; 8. Chessa; 9. Orang National Park; 10. Upper Shillong; 11. Shillong; 12. Cherrapunji; 13. Samagooting; 14. Kohima; 15. Ukhrul; 16. Lawachara Reserve; 17. Sawleng; 18. Sihphir; 19. Sihhmui; 20. Durtlang and Aizawl; 21. Hmuifang; 22. Lungkawlh; 23. Fort White; 24. Hakka." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/808084/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0B15D664FFCD0A31FF1DF9D5002C86BD" blockId="7.[151,1437,151,2024]" lastBlockId="8.[151,1437,151,248]" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="577" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">
The new species seems to be semi-aquatic and crepuscular rather than diurnal or nocturnal. The species is seeminly very rare and / or highly secretive; a thorough day and night survey on the herpetofauna of this area conducted since the year 2010 to date has yielded only these four individuals of the species. Sympatric snake species found during the surveys were 
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFD8EF961000B80AE" box="[596,1087,1747,1772]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFD8EF961078A80AE" authority="Trimeresurus" authorityName="Trimeresurus" box="[596,958,1747,1772]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Blythia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="reticulata">Blythia reticulata, Trimeresurus</taxonomicName>
popeiorum
</emphasis>
Smith, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFB40F96601A180AE" authority="Cantor" authorityName="Cantor" box="[1178,1429,1747,1772]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Trachischium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythrurus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFB40F966011980A9" box="[1178,1325,1747,1772]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">T. erythrurus</emphasis>
(Cantor)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF4DF94A05EE814A" authority="Cantor" authorityName="Cantor" box="[151,474,1783,1808]" class="Reptilia" family="Pareatidae" genus="Pareas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF4DF94A055C8155" box="[151,360,1783,1808]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Pareas monticola</emphasis>
(Cantor)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFE29F9450756814A" authority="Cantor" authorityName="Cantor" box="[499,866,1783,1808]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="albocinctus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFE29F94506C48155" box="[499,752,1783,1808]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Oligodon albocinctus</emphasis>
(Cantor)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFCA6F94A00FD8155" authority="Theobald" authorityName="Theobald" box="[892,1225,1783,1808]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ochracea">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFCA6F94A000D8155" box="[892,1081,1783,1808]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Boiga ochracea</emphasis>
(Theobald)
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFACCF94505AA8171" authority="Schlegel" authorityName="Schlegel" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Rhabdophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subminiatus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFACCF945052A8171" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Rhabdophis subminiatus</emphasis>
(Schlegel)
</taxonomicName>
. Other herpetofauna of this 
<typeStatus id="D41168C6FFCD0A3EFD3BF8AE07258171" box="[737,785,1820,1844]" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">type</typeStatus>
locality include the following amphibians: 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFADCF8A9056F811D" authority="Gunther" authorityName="Gunther" class="Diplopoda" family="Chelodesmidae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polydesmida" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maximus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFADCF8A904CF8112" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Rhacophorus maximus</emphasis>
Günther
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFEB3F88D068E811D" authority="Ahl" authorityName="Ahl" box="[361,698,1855,1880]" class="Diplopoda" family="Chelodesmidae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polydesmida" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bipunctatus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFEB3F88D06BC811D" box="[361,648,1855,1880]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Rhacophorus bipunctatus</emphasis>
Ahl
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFD12F88D00C4811D" authority="Bordoloi, Bortamuli &amp; Ohler" authorityName="Bordoloi, Bortamuli &amp; Ohler" box="[712,1264,1855,1880]" class="Diplopoda" family="Chelodesmidae" genus="Rhacophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polydesmida" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="suffry">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFD12F88D07918112" box="[712,933,1855,1880]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Rhacophorus suffry</emphasis>
Bordoloi, Bortamuli &amp; Ohler
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFB25F88D0159811D" authorityName="Ye, Fei &amp; Dubois in Fei Liang" authorityYear="1999" box="[1279,1389,1855,1880]" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Kurixalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFB25F88D0159811D" box="[1279,1389,1855,1880]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Kurixalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp., 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF4DF8D10655813E" authority="Mathew &amp; Sen" authorityName="Mathew &amp; Sen" box="[151,609,1891,1916]" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Xenophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serchhipii">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF4DF8D105A48139" box="[151,400,1891,1916]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Xenophrys serchhipii</emphasis>
Mathew &amp; Sen
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFDA0F8D600088139" authority="Gravenhorst" authorityName="Gravenhorst" authorityYear="1829" box="[634,1084,1891,1916]" class="Amphibia" family="Dicroglossidae" genus="Fejervarya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="limnocharis">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFDA0F8D607BA8139" box="[634,910,1891,1916]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Fejervarya limnocharis</emphasis>
(Gravenhorst)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFB8CF8D1052E81E5" authority="Schneider" authorityName="Schneider" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Duttaphrynus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanostictus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFB8CF8D101A88139" box="[1110,1436,1891,1916]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Duttaphrynus melanostictus</emphasis>
(Schneider)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFEFDF83507B681DA" authority="Das, Chetia, Dutta &amp; Sengupta" authorityName="" authorityYear="2013" box="[295,898,1927,1952]" class="Amphibia" family="Bufonidae" genus="Duttaphrynus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chandai">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFEFDF835061681E5" box="[295,546,1927,1952]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Duttaphrynus chandai</emphasis>
Das, Chetia, Dutta &amp; Sengupta
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFC55F83501BA81E5" authority="Pillai &amp; Chanda" authorityName="Pillai &amp; Chanda" box="[911,1422,1927,1952]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Odorrana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mawphlangensis">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFC55F83500F581E5" box="[911,1217,1927,1952]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Odorrana mawphlangensis</emphasis>
(Pillai &amp; Chanda)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFF4DF81905EA8181" authority="Gunther" authorityName="Gunther" box="[151,478,1963,1988]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Amolops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="afghanus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFF4DF819055C8181" box="[151,360,1963,1988]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Amolops afghanus</emphasis>
(Günther)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFE2EF819066B8181" authorityName="Gistel" authorityYear="1848" box="[500,607,1963,1988]" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Philautus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFE2EF819066B8181" box="[500,607,1963,1988]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Philautus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp., 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFD4CF81900798181" authority="Annandale" authorityName="Annandale" box="[662,1101,1963,1988]" class="Amphibia" family="Rhacophoridae" genus="Polypedates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="himalayensis">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFD4CF81907FE8186" box="[662,970,1963,1988]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Polypedates himalayensis (</emphasis>
Annandale)
</taxonomicName>
and unidentified rhacophorid species, and lizards including 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFE32F87D06D781AD" authority="Mahony" authorityName="Mahony" box="[488,739,1999,2024]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Japalura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="otai">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFE32F87D06B581A2" box="[488,641,1999,2024]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Japalura otai</emphasis>
Mahony
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFD2BF87D001881AD" authority="Daudin" authorityName="Daudin" box="[753,1068,1999,2024]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Calotes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="versicolor">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFD2BF87D07F481AD" box="[753,960,1999,2024]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Calotes versicolor</emphasis>
(Daudin)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFCD0A3EFBE0F87D015881AD" authority="Smith" authorityName="Smith" box="[1082,1388,1999,2024]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Oriocalotes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="576" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paulus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFCD0A3EFBE0F87D012481AD" box="[1082,1296,1999,2024]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="576">Oriocalotes paulus</emphasis>
(Smith)
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="CCAAADE7FFC20A31FF4DFF25050086F5" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1827" box="[151,308,151,176]" class="Reptilia" family="Gekkonidae" genus="Cyrtodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="577" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="39DE0A76FFC20A31FF4DFF25050086F5" box="[151,308,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="577">Cyrtodactylus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. All handled specimens were very timid, gentle, and inoffensive in disposition. The 
<typeStatus id="D41168C6FFC20A31FAD2FF25015E86F5" box="[1288,1386,151,176]" pageId="8" pageNumber="577" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
was kept in captivity for 22 days and provided with tadpoles, froglets, earthworms and insects. The snake did not feed on these provided food items. Water was accepted. It did not bite when handled.
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