New records of reptiles from Kim Bang Proposed Species and Habitat Conservation Area, Vietnam

By

Pham, Anh Van
Pham, Cuong The
Quang Phan, Tien
Le, Minh Duc, 1973-
Ha, Linh
Ninh, Vinh
Nguyen, Quang Truong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2026-1-26

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

14

Pages

1--19

Subjects

lizard , Morphology , Ninh Binh Province , sistribution , Snakes

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e173158

 

Abstract

Kim Bang Proposed Species and Habitat Conservation Area (SHCA) is located in Ninh Binh Province, northern Vietnam, with an area of 3,400 hectares of natural forest. The terrain of the proposed SHCA is characterised by limestone karst formation and a narrow valley. However, the reptile fauna of Kim Bang SHCA is still poorly studied, with only 17 species of reptiles recorded from this area so far. This study aimed to provide novel data on the distribution of reptiles with their taxonomy and natural history from the Kim Bang Proposed Species and Habitat Conservation Area of Vietnam.<br> <br> As a result of our field surveys in 2025, we herein report ten species of reptiles for the first time from Kim Bang SHCA, namely<br> Chrysopelea ornata<br> (Shaw, 1802);<br> Takydromus sexlineatus<br> Daudin, 1802;<br> Ahaetulla prasina<br> (Boie, 1827);<br> Boiga multomaculata<br> (Boie, 1827);<br> Hemidactylus garnotii<br> Duméril &amp; Bibron, 1836;<br> Protobothrops mucrosquamatus<br> (Cantor, 1839);<br> Pareas margaritophorus<br> (Jan, 1866);<br> Gekko palmatus<br> Boulenger, 1907;<br> Ptyas multicincta<br> (Roux, 1907); and<br> Tropidophorus hainanus<br> Smith, 1923 with morphological data. Our findings bring the species number of reptiles known from this area to 27. In addition, we provide natural history notes of the aforementioned species.<br>