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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusThermophis
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Shangri-La Hot Spring Snake

Thermophis shangrila Peng, Lu, Huang, Guo & Zhang, 2014

Also calledXianggelila Wenquanshe (zho) · 香格里拉温泉蛇 (zho)

First described in: Peng, L., Changhu Lu, Song Huang, Peng Guo, & Yaping Zhang. A New Species of the Genus Thermophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Shangri-La, Northern Yunnan, China, with a Proposal for an Eclectic Rule for Species Delimitation.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 9512931.