Narrow-banded rain snake
Smithophis leptofasciatus Muansanga, Purkayastha, Hruaia, Vabeiryureilai, Biakzuala, Decemson, Lalremsanga & Bohra, 2025
Also calledRuahrul (lus)
This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.
- Recorded from
- India (Mizoram)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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References
- Mirza, Z. A., Bhardwaj, V. K., Lalmuanawma, J. C., Choure, G., Lalremsanga, H. T., Vabeiryureilai, M., Captain, A., Zagade, A., & Patel, H. (2024). A New Species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 from the Indo-Burma Region. Diversity 16: 480.
- DAS A, Deepak V, Captain A, Wade EOZ, Gower DJ. (2020). Description of a new species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa 4860 (2): 267-283.
- GIRI, VARAD B.; DAVID J. GOWER, ABHIJIT DAS, H.T. LALREMSANGA, SAMUEL LALRONUNGA, ASHOK CAPTAIN, V. DEEPAK. (2019). A new genus and species of natricine snake from northeast India. Zootaxa 4603 (2): 241-264.
- Muansanga, Lal; Jayaditya Purkayastha Vanlal Hruaia, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Lal Biakzuala, Ht Decemson, Hmar T. Lalremsanga & Sanath C. Bohra. (2025). A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS Smithophis GIRI, GOWER, DAS ET AL., 2019 (REPTILIA: SERPENTES: NATRICIDAE) FROM MIZORAM, NORTHEAST INDIA. Taprobanica 14 (2): 158-165.
- Ruatpuii, Rem; Lal Biakzuala, Vishal Santra, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga. (2022). Additional Notes on Morphology and Distributional Records of the Snake Genus Smithophis Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain et Deepak, 2019 (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae) from North-East India. Russian Journal of Herpetology 29 (6): 331-340.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.