New records and an updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve, north-eastern Vietnam

By

Luong, Anh Mai
Quang Phan, Tien
Nguyen, Quang Truong
Tran, Tung Thanh
Ngo, Hien Thu Thi
Van Schingen-Khan, Mona
Ziegler, Thomas, 1970-
Pham, Cuong The

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-6-26

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--35

Subjects

Amphibians , Bac Giang Province , Distribution , Morphology , Reptiles , taxonomy.

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e157862

 

Abstract

The Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve is situated on the western side of the Yen Tu Mountain Range in Bac Giang Province, northern Vietnam. Since its establishment in 2002, several studies on the herpetofauna of this protected area have been carried out. For example, Nguyen et al. reported 25 species of snakes in 2002 and most recently, Hecht et al. reported 36 species of amphibians and 40 species of reptiles in the Nature Reserve in 2013. Remarkably, two new species of amphibians and two new species of reptiles have been discovered from Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve since 2005.<br> As a result of our fieldwork in Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve between 2015 and 2025, we recorded four species of amphibians and three species of reptiles for the first time from Bac Giang Province, comprising two species of Leptobrachella, one species of Kaloula, one species of Hylarana, one species of Takydromus, one species of Sinomicrurus and one species of Xenopeltis. We herein provide morphological data as well as ecological notes of the aforementioned species. In addition, we provide an updated list of 44 amphibian species and 49 reptile species recorded from Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve.