Ha Tinh Province, located in the northern side of the Truong Son Range of Vietnam, one of four biodiversity centres of Vietnam, harbours a large area of 313,023 hectares of natural forest. However, the biodiversity of this Province is poorly studied, in particular the snake fauna. Previous studies reported a total of 44 species of snakes from this Province, including two recently described species, Achalinus quangi and Lycodon duytan . As a result of our field surveys in April 2025, a total of 25 species of snakes were recorded from Vu Quang National Park. Six of them are recorded for the first time from Ha Tinh Province ( Boiga guangxiensis , Gonyosoma coeruleum , Rhabdophis nigrocinctus , Bungarus slowinskii , Hebius boulengeri and Pseudoxenodon bambusicola ). In addition, we provide morphological descriptions and ecological notes of the aforementioned species.
Pham et al. (2026) studied this question.