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Ngoc Linh Keelback Snake

Hebius ngoclinhensis Le, Phan, Nguyen, Murphy, Lam, Nguyen & Che, 2026

Also calledRắn sãi ngọc linh (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 (Kon Tum)
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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References

  • Le, M. V., Phan, K. D., Nguyen, T. L., Murphy, R. W., Lam, N. Q., Nguyen, S. N., & Che, J. (2026). A new snake of the genus Hebius (Serpentes: Natricidae) from the Ngoc Linh Mountain Range, Vietnam. Zootaxa, 5748 (4), 480–498.

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