Hansel’s Mountain Stream keelback
Opisthotropis hanseli Stuart, Seateun, Chuaynkern, Ren, Bernstein & Phimmachak, 2026
Also calledงูลายสาบจุดเหลืองลาว (Ngoo Lai-saap Chut Leuang Lao) (tha) · ງູຫ້ວຍຈຸດເຫຼືອງລາວ (Ngou Houay Joud Leuang Lao (lao) · 单鼻鳞后棱蛇 (Dān Bí Lín Hòu Léng Shé) (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
- Laos (Xaysomboun)
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
- Stuart, B.L., Seateun, S., Chuaynkern, Y., Ren, J.-L., Bernstein, J.M. & Phimmachak, S. (2026). A new Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 (Colubridae: Natricinae) from northern Laos allied to the enigmatic Opisthotropis maculosa Stuart & Chuaynkern, 2007. Zootaxa, 5785 (3), 508–526.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.