UPDATED SPECIES COMPOSITION OF THE HERPETOFAUNA FROM THAI NGUYEN PROVINCE

Abstract

As a result of recent field surveys in 2013 and 2018 we herein report the herpetofaunal list of Thai Nguyen Province, comprising 26 species of amphibians (19 genera, seven families, two order) and 72 species of reptiles (51 genera, 20 families, two order). Of which, 17 are threatened species, including eight species listed in the Governmental Decree No. 32/2006/ND-CP, 14 species listed in the Vietnam Red Data Book (2007), seven species listed in the IUCN Red List (2018), and one species listed in the Governmental Decree No. 160/2013/ND-CP. 11 of them, Megophrys major, Occidozyga lima, Odorrana cf. bacboensis, Polypedates mutus, Gehyra mutilata, Lygosoma quadrupes, Varanus salvator, Dendrelaphis pictus, Hebius boulengeri, Xenochrophis trianguligerus, and Sinomicrurus macclellandi are recorded for the first time from  this province.