Cantoria violacea

As recorded: Cantoria violacea Girard, 1858

Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › Homalopsidae

Collected by: P Wickstead
Collector number: Collector Number: JRH 2439
Region: Singapore
Identified by: J R Hendrickson; ID confirmed by M O'Shea, Jul 2014J.R. Hendrickson →15 Jul →I.D. confirmed by M. O'Shea →
Record type: Preserved specimen

Cantoria violacea observed alive

Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 22 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-07-21.

2026-07-21

G9J4+RH6, Myanmar (Burma)

(c) MC Phyo Lay, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-15

60 Pasir Ris Dr 3, Pasir Ris Park Mangrove Boardwalk, Singapore 519497

(c) LorenzoZ, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-14

(c) Wong Kwang Ik, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-08-10

Central Water Catchment, Singapore

(c) Wayne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-08-10

(c) wildpokedex, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2025-07-10

(c) wildpokedex, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Cite this specimen

Cantoria violacea. BPBM 7203. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090250729. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/7203.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 1090250729 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

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