title: New provincial records of skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) from northwestern 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Anh Van
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biology, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy Street, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Dzung Trung
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Le
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biology, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy Street, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Son Lan Hung
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: AG Zoologischer Garten Köln, Riehler Straße 173, D-50735 Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ziegler
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Truong Quang
authors.initials: TQ
authors.lastname: Nguyen
keywords: Dien Bien Province; Scincidae; Son La Province.; new records; skinks; taxonomy