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Kaiyuan Keelback

Rhabdophis kaiyuanensis Liu, Lyu, Xie, Zeng & Guo, 2023

Also called开远颈槽蛇 (Kaiyuan Jingcao She) (zho)

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
China (Yunnan)
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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References

  • Liu, Q., Lyu, B., Xie, X., Zeng, Y., & Guo, P. (2023). Genomic evidence sheds new light on phylogeny of Rhabdophis nuchalis (sensu lato) complex (Serpentes: Natricidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107893.

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