New records and an updated checklist of amphibians from Lai Chau Province, Vietnam

By

Luong, Mai Anh
Pham, Cuong The
Do, Quyen Hanh
Hoang, Chung
Quang Phan, Tien
Nguyen, Quang Truong
Ziegler, Thomas, 1970-
Le, Minh Duc, 1973-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-3-9

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

445--458

Subjects

Faunal/herpetological survey , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.2.445

 

Abstract

We provide a checklist of 45 species of amphibians from Lai Chau Province, northwestern Vietnam. Thirteen of species are recorded for the first time from Lai Chau Province; these include four species of Dicroglossidae, four species of Megophryidae, three species of Ranidae, and two species of Rhacophoridae. We also provide descriptions of the newly recorded species. The amphibian fauna of Lai Chau Province is of high conservation concern, with three species endemic to Vietnam, 10 species listed in the IUCN Red List, and two species listed in the Red Data Book of Vietnam.