Limestone Wolf Snake
Lycodon calcarophilus Vogel, Bragin, Poyarkov & Nguyen, 2025
Also calledKarstovyi volkozub (Карстовый волкозуб) (rus) · Rắn khuyết Việt Nam (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 (Quang Binh)
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
- VOGEL, G., BRAGIN, A. M., POYARKOV, N. A., & VAN NGUYEN, T. A. N. (2025). A new limestone-associated species of wolf snake in the Lycodon fasciatus complex (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae) from central Vietnam. Zootaxa 5679(1), 1-44.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.