COL·VPCBJspeciesThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026
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Yadong Keelback Snake
Herpetoreas yadongensis Tan, Li, Zhao, Zhang, Guo & Lyu, 2026
Also called亚东腹链蛇 (Ya Dong Fu Lian She) (zho)
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 (Xizang)
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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
- TAN, Songwen; Ke LI, Zhichao ZHAO, et al. (2026). A New Species of Herpetoreas from Southern Xizang, China, with Comments on the Systematic Position of H. sieboldii (Serpentes: Natricidae). Asian Herpetological Research, 2026, 17 (1): 34-44.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.