COL·VDQZSspeciesThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026

Figure 5 Calamaria similis sp. nov, in life, from Yangchun, Yangjiang, Guangdong, China. Qi, Nguyen, Yang, 2026 (CC BY 4.0) · Plazi / Biodiversity Literature Repository. 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.

Figure 5 Calamaria similis sp. nov, in life, from Yangchun, Yangjiang, Guangdong, China. Qi, Nguyen, Yang, 2026 (CC BY 4.0) · Plazi / Biodiversity Literature Repository. 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.

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Calamaria similis Qi, Nguyen, Yang, Xu, David, Shi, Liu, Rong, Korolev, Poyarkov & Wang, 2026

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 (Guangdong, Guangxi: Yangchun City, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province, and Longzhou County, Chongzuo City, Guangxi)

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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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In the stacks

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References

Qi S, Nguyen TV, Yang J-H, Xu Y-H, David P, Shi J-S, Liu J-J, Rong C-Z, Korolev AM, Poyarkov NA, & Wang Y-Y. (2026). A new species of Calamaria (Squamata, Calamariidae) from southern China, previously confused with Calamaria pavimentata Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854. ZooKeys 1277: 245-280.

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