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Günther's Reed Snake

Gongylosoma frenata (Günther, 1858)

Also calledGünthers Halsbandnatter (deu) · 滑鳞蛇 (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
India (Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh [A. Captain, pers. comm.], Nagaland),
Also published as
Cyclophis frenatus Günther, 1858; Eirenis frenatus
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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

  • Boulenger, George A. (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, Xviii, 541 Pp.
  • Dau V, Hoang T, Nguyen T, & Pham A. (2024). New records and an updated list of reptiles from Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: E134976.
  • Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che. (2020). The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218.
  • Pham, A. V., & Son Lan Hung Nguyen, T. Q. N. (2014). New records of snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) from Son La Province, Vietnam. Herpetology Notes 7: 771-777.
  • Zhao, E., & Adler, K. (1993). Herpetology of China. SSAR, Oxford/Ohio, 1-522.
  • Lalremsanga, H. T., & Saipari Sailo and Chinliansiama. (2011). Diversity of Snakes (Reptilia: Squamata) and Role of Environmental Factors in Their Distribution in Mizoram, Northeast India. Advances in Environmental Chemistry.

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