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Issue: Vol. 5828 No. 2: 9 Jun. 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-06-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5828.2.13
Page range: 388-400
Abstract views: 88
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On the synonymy of Trimeresurus liqibini Liang, Ding, Wu, Yang & Chen, 2026 with Trimeresurus loong Xu, Deng, Zhang, Nguyen, Poyarkov, Vogel & Peng, 2025 (Squamata: Viperidae)

The School of Medicine & Pharmacy; Duy Tan University; Da Nang 550000; Vietnam; Center for Entomology & Parasitology Research; Duy Tan University; Da Nang 550000; Vietnam
State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture; Qinghai University; Xining 810016; Qinghai; China
The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin; College of Life Sciences; Anhui Normal University; Wuhu 241000; Anhui; China
Department of Vertebrate Zoology; Lomonosov Moscow State University; Leninskiye Gory; GSP-1; Moscow 119234; Russia
Reptilia Trimeresurus loong Trimeresurus liqibini Squamata Viperidae

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How to Cite

Nguyen, T.V., Xu, Y., Zhang, T. & Poyarkov, N.A. (2026) On the synonymy of Trimeresurus liqibini Liang, Ding, Wu, Yang & Chen, 2026 with Trimeresurus loong Xu, Deng, Zhang, Nguyen, Poyarkov, Vogel & Peng, 2025 (Squamata: Viperidae). Zootaxa, 5828 (2), 388–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5828.2.13