Rhabdophis hmongorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Rhabdophis
Species: Rhabdophis hmongorum

Name

Rhabdophis hmongorum Kane, Tapley, La & Nguyen, 2023: 112

• Holotype: ITBCZ 3616 (Field tag LNT 0562), ♂, collected by Chang A. Sung and Pao A. Vang on 28 June 2022.
• Type locality: “Mount Fansipan, Hoang Lien National Park, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam (22.320588 N, 103.770308 E, 2602 m elevation), ... close to a shallow stream in disturbed secondary forest”.

References

Primary references

• Kane, D., Tapley, B., La, T.V. & Nguyen, L.T. 2023. A new species of the genus Rhabdophis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Hoang Lien range, northwest Vietnam. Zootaxa 5343(2): 101–125. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.2.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: H’mong Keelback