New provincial records of skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) from northwestern Vietnam

Abstract

We report six new records of skinks from northwestern Vietnam: Eutropis macularius, Scincella devorator, S. monticola, S. ochracea, Sphenomorphus cryptotis 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.

Keywords

• Scincidae
• new records
• skinks
• taxonomy
• Dien Bien Province
• Son La Province.