Vang Vieng lance-headed pit viper
Protobothrops flavirostris Grassby-Lewis, Brakels, Maury, Sitthivong, Frohlich, Pawangkhanant, Idiiatullina, Nguyen & Poyarkov, 2025
Also calledLaosskiy habu (Лаосский хабу) (rus) · Ngu Phao Ka Ba Khor Kop (ງູເພາົກະບາຄກໍບົ) (lao)
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
- Laos (Vientiane)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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References
- Grassby-Lewis RJ, Brakels P, Maury N, Sitthivong S, Frohlich D, Pawangkhanant P, Idiiatullina SS, Nguyen TV, & Poyarkov NA. (2025). A new endemic karst-associated species of lance-headed pit viper (Squamata, Viperidae, Protobothrops) from Laos. Herpetozoa 38: 43-60.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.