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Tao T. Nguyen

  • Biodiversity Journal, 4 (4): 507-552 - MONOGRAPH

    Vera L. Hecht, Cuong T. Pham, Tao T. Nguyen, Truong Q. Nguyen, Michael Bonkowski & Thomas Ziegler
    First report on the herpetofauna of Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve, northeastern Vietnam

    ABSTRACT
    A total number of 76 species of amphibians and reptiles were recorded during recent field surveys from the Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve in Bac Giang Province, northeastern Vietnam, comprising one caecilian species, one newt species, 34 species of anurans, 18 species of lizards, and 22 species of snakes. Thirty species are reported for the first time from Yen Tu Nature Reserve as well as for Bac Giang Province. Among the recorded species, five are currently known only from Vietnam. A high level of species diversity and endemism of the herpetofauna underlines the importance of biodiversity conservation in this nature reserve, which covers a major part of the remaining lowland evergreen forest in northeastern Vietnam.