COL·VP96QspeciesThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026
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Hoan’s Crab-eating Snake
Fordonia hoani Chau, Nguyen, Dang, Nguyen, Lam, Tran, Cao, Phan, Orlov & Nguyen, 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
- Coastal S Vietnam (Ca Mau Province, Vinh Long 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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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Fordonia hoani in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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References
- Chau, P. H., Nguyen, V. D. H., Dang, K. D., Nguyen, T. M. N., Lam, N. Q., Tran, T. G., ... & Nguyen, T. T. P. (2026). Integrative Taxonomy and DNA Barcoding Reveal a New Species of Crab-Eating Snake, Fordonia Gray (Squamata, Homalopsidae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 33(1), 1-12.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.