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Leptophis mystacinus
N. R. Albuquerque, R. H. Martins, P. S. Carvalho, D. B. Shepherd & D. J. Santana (CC BY 4.0) · Wikimedia Commons. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.

Leptophis mystacinus

Leptophis mystacinus Albuquerque, Martins, Carvalho, Shepard & Santana, 2025

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
Brazil (Tocantins, Minas Gerais)
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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

  • Albuquerque, N. R., Martins, R. H., Carvalho, P. S., Shepard, D. B., & Santana, D. J. (2025). A new species of parrot snake, Leptophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. PeerJ, 13, E18528.
  • PASSOS, P., RODRIGUES, R., PINNA, P. H., WOITOVICZ-CARDOSO, M. A. N. O. E. L. A., FERNANDES, R., & CARAMASCHI, U. (2025). Filling gaps between museum and society: An illustrated catalog of the primary type specimens of Squamata housed in the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Zootaxa 5698(1): 1-91.

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