Vinh Quang Luu

• Biodiversity Journal, 4 (2): 285-300

  Vinh Quang Luu, Truong Quang Nguyen, Cuong The Pham, Kien Ngoc Dang, Thanh Ngoc Vu, Sladjana Miskovic, Michael Bonkowski & Thomas Ziegler
  No end in sight? Further new records of amphibians and reptiles from Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam

  ABSTRACT
  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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