COL·V54QKspeciesThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026
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Western China Mountain Snake”
Plagiopholis pluvialis Cai, XU & Ma, 2025
Also called华西颈斑蛇 (huá xī jǐng bān shé) (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 (Sichuan)
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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
- Cai B, Xu Y, Vogel G, Peng L, Xu J, Cheng L, Liang D, Li M, Wang Y, & Ma S. (2025). Redescription of Plagiopholis styani (Serpentes, Pseudoxenodontidae), with description of two new species from China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 1775-1797.
- Qi S, Song H-M, Yang H-C, Xu Y-H, Fang R-J, Su J-R, Liu Z-F, Gong Y-N, Li F-H, Lyu C-H, Wang B-Y, & Wang Y-Y. (2025). A new species of Plagiopholis Boulenger, 1893 (Serpentes, Pseudoxenodontidae) from Guangdong, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 2171-2180.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.