Geographic Focus: ສາກົນ

ບໍລິການລະບົບນິເວດ

Author(s): Jennifer A. Sheridan and Bryan L. Stuart
Accurately delimiting species and their geographic ranges are imperative for conservation, especially in areas experiencing rapid habitat loss. Southeast Asia currently has one of the highest rates…

ອາຫານ / ຄວາມປອດໄພ

Author(s): World Food Programme Lao PDR
While there have been just 19 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) to date in Lao PDR, the country – as with other countries around the world – has been affected by secondary…

ການຟື້ນຟູປ່າ ແລະ ລະບົບນິເວດ

Author(s): Keooudone Souvannakhoummane, Silvio Fici, Soulivanh Lanorsavanh, Jeong Ho Park, Ho Sang Kang, Chaloun Bounithiphonh
Capparis macrantha Souvannakhoummane, Fici & Lanorsavanh sp. nov., a new shrub species characterized by erect or ascending habit, stipular thorns, large lanceolate-elliptic leaves and large…

ການຄຸ້ມຄອງປ່າໄມ້

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The Lao newt (Laotriton laoensis) is a recently described species currently known only from northern Laos. Little is known about the species, but it is threatened as a result of overharvesting. We…
Author(s): SOMPHOUTHONE PHIMMACHAK, ANCHALEE AOWPHOL, BRYAN L. STUART
The salamandrid genus Tylototriton is poorly known in Laos, with one described species and unverified reports of two others. We undertook new fieldwork and obtained samples of Tylototriton at six…
Author(s): Gunther Köhler, Joseph Vargas, Ni Lar Than, Tilman Schell, Axel Janke, Steffen U. Pauls, Panupong Thammachoti
We revise the frogs of the genus Phrynoglossus from Indochina based on data of external morphology, bioacoustics, and molecular genetics. The results of this integrative study provide evidence for…
Author(s): Tan Van Nguyen, Peter Brakels, Nathanael Maury, Somchit Sudavanh, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Sabira Idiiatullina, Sengvilay Lorphengsy, Khamla Inkhavilay, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom and Nikolay A. Poyarkov
The results of herpetological surveys conducted throughout Laos in 2016–2019 resulted in significant records at the country and provincial levels for several amphibian and reptile species, other than…
Author(s): Olivier Ducourtieux, Phoui Visonnavong and Julien Rossard
Farmers are often blamed for destroying tropical forests, especially in the Lao PDR. Converting shifting cultivation into cash crop-based agriculture is recurrently presented as the solution merging…
Author(s): Keooudone Souvannakhoummane, Silvio Fici, Soulivanh Lanorsavanh, Jeong Ho Park, Ho Sang Kang, Chaloun Bounithiphonh
Capparis macrantha Souvannakhoummane, Fici & Lanorsavanh sp. nov., a new shrub species characterized by erect or ascending habit, stipular thorns, large lanceolate-elliptic leaves and large…
Author(s): Somphouthone Phimmachak, Stephen J. Richards, Niane Sivongxay, Sengvilay Seateun, Yodchaiy Chuaynkern, Sunchai Makchai, Hannah E. Som, Bryan L. Stuart
A new species of the dicroglossid frog genus Limnonectes is described from recent and historical museum specimens collected in central and southern Laos and northeastern Thailand. Limnonectes savan…

ບົດຄົ້ນຄວ້າ

Author(s): Jodi J.L. Rowley, Chris R. Shepherd, Bryan L. Stuart, Truong Q. Nguyen, Huy D. Hoang,Timothy P. Cutajar, Guinevere O.U. Wogan, Sompouthone Phimmachak
The global trade inamphibians iswidespread, involves hundreds of species, andhas been implicated in amphibian population declines. Thepet trade is the primary driver for populationdeclines inone…
Author(s): Niane Sivongxay, Monekham Davankham, Somphouthone Phimmachak , Keochay Phoumixay, Bryan L Stuart
A new species of the rhacophorid frog genus Theloderma is described from the forested shoreline of the Nam Lik Reservoir, Vientiane Province, Laos. The new species differs from its congeners by…
Author(s): Stuart, Bryan L., Somphouthone Phimmachak, Sengvilay Seateun & Jennifer A. Sheridan.
The small rhacophorid frog Philautus abditus is geographically restricted to central Vietnam and adjacent Cambodia. Our fieldwork in northern Laos resulted in the discovery of a Philautus species…
Author(s): Somphouthone Phimmachak, Bryan L. Stuart and Anchalee Aowphol.
 Almost nothing is known on the ecology and natural history of Tylototriton (Knobby Newts) in Laos. Here, a population of the newly described T. podichthys was intensively studied in a 55,800 sq.m.  …
Author(s): Bryan L. Stuart, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Somphouthone Phimmachak, Anchalee Aowphol, Niane Sivongxay
The recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders” (31 October, p. 630), A. Martel et al. warned that a newly discovered pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium…
Author(s): Andrea Swei, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Dennis Rödder, Mae L. L. Diesmos, Arvin C. Diesmos, Cheryl J. Briggs, Rafe Brown, Trung Tien Cao, Tina L. Cheng, Rebecca A. Chong, Ben Han, Jean-Marc Hero, Huy Duc Hoang, Mirza D. Kusrini, Duong Thi Thuy Le, Jimmy A. McGuir
Prevalence and distribution of chytridiomycosis throughout Asia News from the herpetological community September 2011 Vol. 98 FrogLog FrogLog Vol. 98 | September 2011 | 33 The fungal disease,…
Author(s): Jodi J. L. Rowley, Bryan L. Stuart, Stephen J. Richards, Somphothone Phimmachak and Niane Sivongxay
e describe a new species of megophryid frog in the genus Leptolalax from southern Laos. Leptolalax aereus sp.
Author(s): Stuart, B.L., Phimmachak, S., Sivongxay, N. & Robichaud, W.G.
We describe a new species of megophryid frog in the genus Leptolalax from southern Laos. Leptolalax aereus sp.
Author(s): Stuart, B.L. and Bain, R.H.
Three new species of frogs allied to Rana megatympanum are described from Laos and Vietnam. One new species is from the Bolaven Plateau of southern Laos, a second is from central Laos and adjacent…
Author(s): Bryan L. Stuart, Nikolai L. Orlov and Tanya Chan-ard
A new frog species of the family Ranidae is described from 44 specimens from the mountainsof southern Laos and central Vietnam.
Author(s): Somphouthone Phimmachak, Niane Sivongxay, Sengvilay Seateun, Siriporn Yodthong, Attapol Rujirawan, Thy Neang, Anchalee Aowphol, Bryan L Stuart
A new species of "fanged frog" in the genus Limnonectes resembling L. kohchangae (Smith, 1922) from southeastern Thailand and southwestern Cambodia is described from upper elevations of the Bolaven…
Author(s): Maria s. Vorontsova, Lynn G. Clark, John Dransfield, Rafael Govaerts, William J. Baker
This book contains a global checklist of all known species of bamboos and rattans. It is an authoritative source of information on accepted species of bamboos and  rattans, the correct names that…
Author(s): Niane Sivongxay, Monekham Davankham, Somphouthone Phimmachak , Keochay Phoumixay, Bryan L Stuart
A new species of the rhacophorid frog genus Theloderma is described from the forested shoreline of the Nam Lik Reservoir, Vientiane Province, Laos. The new species differs from its congeners by…
Author(s): Jodi J.L. Rowley, Chris R. Shepherd, Bryan L. Stuart, Truong Q. Nguyen, Huy D. Hoang,Timothy P. Cutajar, Guinevere O.U. Wogan, Sompouthone Phimmachak
The global trade inamphibians iswidespread, involves hundreds of species, andhas been implicated in amphibian population declines. Thepet trade is the primary driver for populationdeclines inone…
Author(s): Stuart, Bryan L., Somphouthone Phimmachak, Sengvilay Seateun & Jennifer A. Sheridan.
The small rhacophorid frog Philautus abditus is geographically restricted to central Vietnam and adjacent Cambodia. Our fieldwork in northern Laos resulted in the discovery of a Philautus species…
Author(s): Somphouthone Phimmachak, Bryan L. Stuart and Anchalee Aowphol.
 Almost nothing is known on the ecology and natural history of Tylototriton (Knobby Newts) in Laos. Here, a population of the newly described T. podichthys was intensively studied in a 55,800 sq.m.  …
Author(s): Andrea Swei, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Dennis Rödder, Mae L. L. Diesmos, Arvin C. Diesmos, Cheryl J. Briggs, Rafe Brown, Trung Tien Cao, Tina L. Cheng, Rebecca A. Chong, Ben Han, Jean-Marc Hero, Huy Duc Hoang, Mirza D. Kusrini, Duong Thi Thuy Le, Jimmy A. McGuir
Prevalence and distribution of chytridiomycosis throughout Asia News from the herpetological community September 2011 Vol. 98 FrogLog FrogLog Vol. 98 | September 2011 | 33 The fungal disease,…
Author(s): Bryan L. Stuart, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Somphouthone Phimmachak, Anchalee Aowphol, Niane Sivongxay
The recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders” (31 October, p. 630), A. Martel et al. warned that a newly discovered pathogenic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium…
Author(s): Jodi J. L. Rowley, Bryan L. Stuart, Stephen J. Richards, Somphothone Phimmachak and Niane Sivongxay
e describe a new species of megophryid frog in the genus Leptolalax from southern Laos. Leptolalax aereus sp.
Author(s): Stuart, B.L., Phimmachak, S., Sivongxay, N. & Robichaud, W.G.
We describe a new species of megophryid frog in the genus Leptolalax from southern Laos. Leptolalax aereus sp.
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