COL·VPF72speciesThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026
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Hunan Reed Snake
Calamaria hunanensis Zhang, Zhu, Wei, Shu, Li, Vogel, Niu, Ding, Chen, Guo & Shi, 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 (Hunan: Suining County, Shaoyang City)
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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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Every page naming Calamaria hunanensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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References
- Zhang, Mengfei; Wenbo Zhu, Yifu Wei, Fu Shu, Qi Li, Vogel Gernot, Yandong Niu, Li Ding, Zening Chen, Keji Guo, Shengchao Shi. (2026). A new species of Calamaria Boie, 1827 (Squamata: Calamariidae) from Hunan Province, South Central China. Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation, 2026, 3(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.