New country records of reptiles from Laos.
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.
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.
Vinh Quang
VQ
Luu
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.
Truong Quang
TQ
Nguyen
WWF Greater Mekong, House No. 39, Unit 05, Ban Saylom, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Thomas
T
Calame
Biodiversity Center, Faculty of Natural Resource and Environmental Management, Vietnam Forestry University, Xuan Mai, Chuong My, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Tuoi Thi
TT
Hoang
Hin Nam No National Protected Area, Boualapha District, Khammouane Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Sisomphone
S
Southichack
Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany.
Michael
M
Bonkowski
AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Strasse 173, D-50735 Cologne, Germany ; Zoological Institute, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Strasse 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany.
Thomas
T
Ziegler
Colubridae; Gekkonidae; Khammouane Province; Salavan Province; distribution; taxonomy