Smithophis

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus:
Species (6): S. arunachalensis – S. atemporalis – S. bicolor – S. leptofasciatus – S. linearis – S. mizoramensis

Smithophis Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain & Deepak, 2019: 245

• Type species: Smithophis atemporalis Giri et al., 2019, by original designation.
• Etymology: Named after Malcolm Arthur Smith.

• Giri, V.B., Gower, D.J., Das, A., Lalremsanga, H.T., Lalronunga, S., Captain, A. & Deepak, V. 2019. A new genus and species of natricine snake from northeast India. Zootaxa 4603(2): 241–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.2 Reference page. 

• Vogel, G., Chen, Z.-N., Deepak, V., Gower, D.J., Shi, J.-S., Ding, L. & Hou, M. 2020. A new species of the genus Smithophis (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae) from southwestern China and northeastern Myanmar. Zootaxa 4803(1): 51–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.1.3 Reference page. 
• Das, A., Deepak, V., Wade, E.O.Z., Captain, A. & Gower, D.J. 2020. Description of a new species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa 4860(2): 267–283. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.8 Reference page. 
• 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(8): 480. DOI: 10.3390/d16080480 Reference page. 
• Muansanga, L., Purkayastha, J., Hruaia, V., Vabeiryureilai, M., Biakzuala, L., Decemson, H.T., Lalremsanga, H.T. & Bohra, S.C. 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. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v14i2.367 Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Smithophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 June 2020.