Blythia

Blythia is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae of the superfamily Colubroidea. The genus, which contains two recognized species, is native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.^[1]

Etymology

The genus Blythia is named in honor of English zoologist Edward Blyth.^[2]

The following two species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

Blythia hmuifang G. Vogel, Lalremsanga & Vanlalhrima, 2017 – Mizoram ground snake
Blythia reticulata (Blyth, 1854) – Blyth's reticulate snake

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

^ ^a ^b Genus Blythia at The Reptile Database.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Blythia, p. 28).