Publisher : Biodiversity Journal
Place of publication :
Publication year : 2013
Thematic : Species
Language : English
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We report 11 new records of amphibian and reptile species and subspecies on the basis of
newly collected specimens from the UNESCO World Heritage Site Phong Nha - Ke Bang
National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam: Ingerophrynus macrotis, Limnonectes
gyldenstolpei, Babina chapaensis, Theloderma corticale, T. stellatum, Scincella rufocaudata,
Oligodon cinereus pallidocinctus, Parahelicops annamensis, Rhynchophis boulengeri,
Sinomicrurus macclellandii and Protobothrops mucrosquamatus. The record of T. corticale
from Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park is the southernmost record generally known, that
of T. stellatum the northernmost record within Vietnam, and, most remarkably, the finding
of Limnonectes gyldenstolpei represents the first country record for Vietnam. In addition,
we report the second known specimen and the first adult male of Sphenomorphus tetradactylus,
a species recently described based on a single female only. At time, 151 species of amphibians
and reptiles are known from Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, including 50
species of amphibians, 12 species of turtles, 31 species of lizards, and 58 species of snakes.
In addition, an updated list of the local herpetofauna is provided, including recent taxonomic
or nomenclatural changes.
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Keywords : conservation-planning
Encoded by : Pauline Carmel Joy Eje
