NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Mirkwood Forest Slug Snake
Asthenodipsas lasgalenensis Loredo, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Greer, Ahmad & Grismer, 2013
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Asthenodipsas lasgalenensis Loredo, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Greer, Ahmad & Grismer, 2013
- Name authority
- Loredo, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Greer, Ahmad & Grismer, 2013
- Common name
- Mirkwood Forest Slug Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Pareidae
- Genus
- Asthenodipsas
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyPareidae
- genusAsthenodipsas
- speciesAsthenodipsas lasgalenensis Loredo, Wood, Quah, Anuar, Greer, Ahmad & Grismer, 2013
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Asthenodipsas. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Asian Slug SnakeAsthenodipsas vertebralis (Boulenger, 1900) | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sabah Mountain Smooth Slug SnakeAsthenodipsas stuebingi Quah, Grismer, Lim, Anuar & Imbun, 2019 | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Inger’s Slug SnakeAsthenodipsas ingeri Quah, Lim & Grismer, 2021 | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malayan Slug SnakeAsthenodipsas malaccana Peters, 1864 | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sumatra Slug SnakeAsthenodipsas tropidonota (Lidth de Jeude, 1923) | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Smooth Slug SnakeAsthenodipsas laevis (Boie, 1827) | PareidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- LOREDO, ARIEL I.; PERRY L. WOOD, JR., EVAN S. H. QUAH, SHAHRUL ANUAR, LEE F. GREER, NORHAYATI AHMAD & L. LEE GRISMER. (2013). Cryptic speciation within Asthenodipsas vertebralis (Boulenger, 1900) (Squamata: Pareatidae), the description of a new species from Peninsular Malaysia, and the resurrection of A. tropidonotus (Lidth de Jude, 1923) from Sumatra: an integrative taxonomic analysis. Zootaxa 3664 (4): 505–524. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:687Y7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.