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Murlen Keelback Snake

Herpetoreas murlen Lalremsanga, Bal, Vogel & Biakzuala, 2022

Also calledMurlen-Wassernatter (deu)

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, Champhai District: Murlen National Park)
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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References

  • TAN, Songwen; Ke LI, Zhichao ZHAO, et al. (2026). A New Species of Herpetoreas from Southern Xizang, China, with Comments on the Systematic Position of H. sieboldii (Serpentes: Natricidae). Asian Herpetological Research, 2026, 17 (1): 34-44.
  • Liu, S., Hou, M., Zhou, H., Zuo, C., Yin, F., & Rao, D. (2024). A New Species of Herpetoreas Günther, 1860 (Serpentes: Natricidae) from Yunnan, China. Diversity, 16(12), 768.
  • Kwet, A. (2023). Liste der im Jahr 2022 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Elaphe 2023 (3): 48-73.
  • Basfore, B., Kalita, M. J., Sharma, N., & Boro, A. R. (2024). An updated checklist of snakes (Reptilia: Squamata) in northeastern India derived from a review of recent literature. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(11), 26131-26149.
  • Lalremsanga, H. T., Bal, A. K., Vogel, G., & Biakzuala, L. (2022). Molecular phylogenetic analyses of lesser known colubrid snakes reveal a new species of Herpetoreas (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae), and new insights into the systematics of Gongylosoma scriptum and its allies from northeastern India. Salamandra, 58(2): 101-115.

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.