COL·VNXN7speciesThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026
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Hindu Kush Pitviper
Gloydius hindukushensis Jablonski, Tillack, Tillack, Petzold, Wilzo, Das, Idrees, Baniya, Masroor & Hofmann, 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
- Afghanistan ?, Pakistan (Chitral, Swat, Upper and Lower Dir in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and from the districts of Gilgit and Diamer in the Gilgit-Baltistan Province, between the Indus River in the south-eastern and eastern foothills of the Hindu Kush Mountains) (Jablonski et al. 2026, Sclater 1891; McMahon 1899; Wall 1911; Minton 1966; Gloyd and Conant 1990; Jamal et al. 2018).
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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
- Jablonski D, Tillack F, Mahlow-Tillack K, Petzold A, Wilzo M, Das A, Idrees M, Baniya CB, Masroor R, & Hofmann S. (2026). Integrative taxonomy reveals previously undescribed diversity within the Gloydius himalayanus complex (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae) from the Himalaya and Hindu Kush. ZooKeys 1280: 83-153.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.