COL·VDR9HspeciesThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026

Figure 5 Calamaria incredibilis sp. nov., adult male (GEP r093, paratype) in life. Qi, Nguyen, Wang, 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 incredibilis sp. nov., adult male (GEP r093, paratype) in life. Qi, Nguyen, Wang, 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.

Guangxi Reed Snake

Calamaria incredibilis Qi, Nguyen, Wang, Zeng, Shi, Xu, Song, Huang, Mo, 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 (Ningming County, Chongzuo City, and Lingui District, Guilin 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, Wang J, Zeng Z-C, Shi J-S, Xu Y-H, Song H-M, Huang Z, Mo Y-M, Poyarkov NA, & Wang Y-Y. (2026). An unexpected discovery of hidden diversity: a new species of the genus Calamaria H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827 (Squamata, Calamariidae) from Guangxi, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(2): 701-718.

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