New provincial records of skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) from northwestern Vietnam

Anh Van Pham; Dzung Trung Le; Son Lan Hung Nguyen; Thomas Ziegler; Truong Quang Nguyen

doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4284

New provincial records of skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) from northwestern Vietnam

Biodivers Data J. 2015 Feb 5:(3):e4284. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4284. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Anh Van Pham¹, Dzung Trung Le², Son Lan Hung Nguyen², Thomas Ziegler³, Truong Quang Nguyen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, Tay Bac University, Quyet Tam Ward, Son La City, Son La Province, Vietnam ; Faculty of Biology, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy Street, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
² Faculty of Biology, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy Street, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
³ AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Straße 173, D-50735 Köln, Germany.
⁴ Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Abstract

We report six new records of skinks from northwestern Vietnam: Eutropis macularius, Scincelladevorator , S.monticola, S.ochracea, Sphenomorphuscryptotis and S.indicus. Our new findings increase the species number of skinks (Scincidae) to nine in Dien Bien Province and to 14 in Son La Province. We also provide additional natural history data of aforementioned species.

Keywords: Dien Bien Province; Scincidae; Son La Province.; new records; skinks; taxonomy.