COL·VDR2RspeciesThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026
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Yang's Mountain Snake
Plagiopholis yangi Liu, Hou & Rao, 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 (Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan), probably N Vietnam (Ha Giang Province)
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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
- Liu, S., Hou, M., & Rao, D. (2026). A new species of Plagiopholis Boulenger, 1893 (Serpentes, Pseudoxenodontinae) from southeastern Yunnan, China. Evolutionary Systematics, 10, 85-92.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.