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Dak Krong mud snake

Myrrophis dakkrongensis Nguyen, Le, Lathrop, Vo, Murphy & Che, 2024

Also calledRắn bồng đắk krông (vie)

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
Vietnam (Dak Nong, Lam Dong)
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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References

  • Nguyen, S. N., Van Le, M., Lathrop, A., Murphy, R. W., & Che, J. (2024). A new species of mud snake (Squamata: Homalopsidae: Myrrophis) from southern Vietnam. Vertebrate Zoology 74, 221-233.
  • Phuc, C. H., Lan, P. V. P., Duong, P. N., Thao, N. T. P., & Vu, N. Đ. H. (2025). A new distribution of Myrrophis dakkrongensis Nguyen, Le, Lathrop, Vo, Murphy, 2024 (Squamata: Serpentes: Homalopsidae) in Lam Dong province, Vietnam. Journal of Forestry Science and Technology, 10(1), 081-086.

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