New country records of reptiles from Laos

Vinh Quang Luu; Truong Quang Nguyen; Thomas Calame; Tuoi Thi Hoang; Sisomphone Southichack; Michael Bonkowski; Thomas Ziegler

doi:10.3897/BDJ.1.e1015

New country records of reptiles from Laos

Biodivers Data J. 2013 Dec 10:(1):e1015. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.1.e1015. eCollection 2013.

Authors

Vinh Quang Luu¹, Truong Quang Nguyen², Thomas Calame³, Tuoi Thi Hoang⁴, Sisomphone Southichack⁵, Michael Bonkowski⁶, Thomas Ziegler⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Wildlife, Faculty of Natural Resource and Environmental Management, Vietnam Forestry University, Xuan Mai, Chuong My, Hanoi, Vietnam ; AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Strasse 173, D-50735 Cologne, Germany.
² Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam ; Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany.
³ WWF Greater Mekong, House No. 39, Unit 05, Ban Saylom, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic.
⁴ Biodiversity Center, Faculty of Natural Resource and Environmental Management, Vietnam Forestry University, Xuan Mai, Chuong My, Hanoi, Vietnam.
⁵ Hin Nam No National Protected Area, Boualapha District, Khammouane Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic.
⁶ Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany.
⁷ AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Strasse 173, D-50735 Cologne, Germany ; Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany.

Abstract

FOUR SPECIES OF REPTILES, OF WHICH ONE IS REPRESENTED BY ONE OF ITS SUBSPECIES, ARE RECORDED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM LAOS: Cyrtodactylusphongnhakebangensis, Lycodonfutsingensis, and Lycodonruhstrati, as Lycodonruhstratiabditus, from limestone forests in Khammouane Province and Cyrtodactyluspseudoquadrivirgatus from hill evergreen forest in Salavan Province. These discoveries of lizards and snakes bring the total species number of reptiles to 189 in Laos.

Keywords: Colubridae; Gekkonidae; Khammouane Province; Salavan Province; distribution; taxonomy.