Tao Thien Nguyen

Tao Thien Nguyen, Vietnamese herpetologist

• Vietnam National Museum of Nature, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet St., Hanoi, Vietnam.

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• 68 taxon names authored by Tao Thien Nguyen

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• 2 eponyms of Tao Thien Nguyen

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• Orlov, N.L., Nguyen, T.Q. & Nguyen, V.S. 2006. A new Acanthosaura allied to A. capra Günther, 1861 (Agamidae, Sauria) from central Vietnam and southern Laos. Russian Journal of Herpetology 13(1): 61–76. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2006-13-1-61-76 [nonfunctional] ; Abstract Reference page. 

• Orlov, N.L., Ryabov, S.A., , Nguyen, T.Q. & Ho, C.T. 2008. A New Species of Goniurosaurus (Sauria: Gekkota: Eublepharidae) from North Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 15(3): 229–244. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2008-15-3-229-244 Reference page. 

• Orlov, N.L., Ryabov, S.A. & 2009. Two New Species of Genera Protobothrops Hoge et Romano-Hoge, 1983 and Viridovipera Malhotra et Thorpe, 2004 (Ophidia: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Karst Region in northeastern vietnam. Part I. Description of a New Species of Protobothrops. Russian Journal of Herpetology 16(1): 69–82. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2009-16-1-69-82 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

• Ananjeva, N.B., Orlov, N.L., & Ryabov, S.A. 2011. A New Species of Acanthosaura (Agamidae, Sauria) from Northwest Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 18(3): 195–202. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2011-18-3-195-202 [nonfunctional] ; Abstract Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.Q., Schmitz, A., , Orlov, N.L., Böhme, W. & Ziegler, T. 2011. Review of the Genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) in Vietnam, with Description of a New Species from Northern Vietnam and Southern China and the First Record of Sphenomorphus mimicus Taylor, 1962 from Vietnam. Journal of Herpetology 45(2): 145–154. DOI: 10.1670/09-068.1 Reference page. 

• Nazarov, R., Poyarkov, N.A., Orlov, N.L., Phung, T.M., , Hoang, D.M. & Ziegler, T. 2012. Two new cryptic species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3302(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3302.1.1 Reference page. 

• Milto, K.D., Poyarkov, N.A., Orlov, N.L. & 2013. Two new rhacophorid frogs from Cat Ba Island, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 20(4): 287–300. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2013-20-4-287-300 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 
• Nguyen, S.N., Le, T.N.T., Tran, T.A.D., Orlov, N.L., Lathrop, A., MacCulloch, R.D., Le, T.D.T., Jin, J.Q., Nguyen, L.T., , Hoang, D.D., Che, J., Murphy, R.W. & Zhang, Y.P. 2013. Phylogeny of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis species complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vietnam with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3737(4): 399–414. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.4 Reference page. 
• Nishikawa, K., Matsui, M. & 2013. A New Species of Tylototriton from Northern Vietnam (Amphibia: Urodela: Salamandridae). Current Herpetology 32(1): 34–49. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.32.34 Reference page. 
• Ostroshabov, A.A., Orlov, N.L. & 2013. Taxonomy of Frogs of Genus Rhacophorus of "hoanglienensis–orlovi" Complex. Russian Journal of Herpetology 20(4): 301–324. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2013-20-4-301-324 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

• , Matsui, M. & Duc, H.M. 2014. A new tree frog of the genus Kurixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. Current Herpetology 33(2): 101–111. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.33.101 Reference page. 
• , Matsui, M. & Eto, K. 2014. A new cryptic tree frog species allied to Kurixalus banaensis (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 21(4): 295–302. Reference page. 

• , Matsui, M. & Eto, K. 2015. Mitochondrial phylogeny of an Asian tree frog genus Theloderma (Anura: Rhacophoridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 85: 59–67. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.02.003 Reference page. 
• Rowley, J.J.L., Stuart, B.L., Neang, T., Hoang, H.D., Dau, V.Q., & Emmett, D.A. 2015. A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Vietnam and Cambodia. Zootaxa 4039(3): 401–407. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.3.1 Reference page. 
• Le, D.T., Nishikawa, K., Nguyen, S.L.H., Pham, A.V., Matsui, M., Bernardes, M. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2015. A new species of Tylototriton Anderson, 1871 (Amphibia: Salamandridae) from northern Indochina. Current Herpetology 34: 38–50. DOI: 10.5358/hsj.34.38 Reference page. 

• Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, C.T., , Ngo, H.N. & Ziegler, T. 2016. A new species of Theloderma (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4168(1): 171–186. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.1.10 Reference page. 
• Rowley, J.J.L., Tran, D.T.A., Le, D.T.T., Dau, V.Q., Peloso, P.L.V., Nguyen, T.Q., Hoang, D.H., & Ziegler, T. 2016. Five new, microendemic Asian Leaf-litter Frogs (Leptolalax) from the southern Annamite mountains, Vietnam. Zootaxa 4085(1): 63–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.3 Reference page. 
• Rowley, J.J.L., Tran, D.T.A., Le, D.T.T., Dau, V.Q., Peloso, P.L.V., Nguyen, T.Q., Hoang, H.D., & Ziegler, T. 2016. JODI J. L. ROWLEY, DAO T. A. TRAN, DUONG T. T. LE, VINH Q. DAU, PEDRO L. V. PELOSO, TRUONG Q. NGUYEN, HUY D. HOANG, TAO T. NGUYEN & THOMAS ZIEGLER (2016) Five new, microendemic Asian Leaf-litter Frogs (Leptolalax) from the southern Annamite mountains, Vietnam. Zootaxa, 4085(1): 063–102. ERRATUM. Zootaxa 4105(4): 400–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.4.8. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Botov, A., , Bauer, A.M., Brennan, I.G., Ngo, H.T. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2016. First molecular verification of Dixonius vietnamensis Das, 2004 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of a new species from Vinh Cuu Nature Reserve, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 4136(3): 553–566. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.7 Reference page. 

• Pham, C.T., Le, M.D., , Ziegler, T., Wu, Z.J. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2017. A new species of Limnonectes (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4269(4): 545–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.4.8. Reference page. 
• Rowley, J.J.L., Dau, V.Q., Hoang, H.D., Le, D.T.T., Cutajar, T.P. & 2017. A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4243(3): 544–564. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.7. Reference page. 
• Ananjeva, N.B., Orlov, N.L. & 2017. A New Species of Japalura (Agamidae: Lacertilia: Reptilia) from Central Highland, Vietnam. Asian Herpetological Research 8(1): 14–21. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.160031 Reference page. 
• Matsui, M., Ohler, A., Eto, K. & 2017. Distinction of Gracixalus carinensis from Vietnam and Myanmar, with description of a new species. Alytes 33(1-4): 25–37. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• , Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.Q., Ninh, H.T. & Ziegler, T. 2017. A New Species of Rhacophorus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. Asian Herpetological Research 8(4): 221–234. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.170046 Reference page. 
• Tapley, B., Cutajar, T., Mahony, S., Nguyen, C.T., Dau, V.Q., , Luong, H.V. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2017. The Vietnamese population of Megophrys kuatunensis (Amphibia: Megophryidae) represents a new species of Asian horned frog from Vietnam and southern China. Zootaxa 4344(3): 465–492. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.3. Reference page. 

• Ren, J.-L., Wang, K., , Hoang, C.V., Zhong, G.-H., Jiang, K., Guo, P. & Li, J.-T. 2018. Taxonomic re-evaluation of the monotypic genus Pararhabdophis Bourret, 1934 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) with discovery of its type species, P. chapaensis, from China. Zootaxa 4486(1): 31–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.1.2 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Tapley, B., Cutajar, T., Mahony, S., Nguyen, C.T., Dau, V.Q., Luong, A.M., Le, D.T., , Nguyen, T.Q., Portway, C., Luong, H.V. & Rowley, J.J.L. 2018. Two new and potentially highly threatened Megophrys Horned frogs (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from Indochina’s highest mountains. Zootaxa 4508(3): 301–333. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.3.1. Reference page. 
• Takeuchi, H., Savitzky, A.H., Ding, L., Silva, A. de, Das, I., , Tsai, T.-S., Jono, T., Zhu, G.-X., Mahaulpatha, D., Tang, Y.-Z. & Mori, A. 2018. Evolution of nuchal glands, unusual defensive organs of Asian natricine snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae), inferred from a molecular phylogeny. Ecology and Evolution 8(20): 10219–10232. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4497 . Reference page. 

• Hoang, V.C., , Luu, Q.V., Nguyen, Q.T. & Jiang, J.-P. 2019. A new species of Leptobrachella Smith 1925 (Anura: Megophryidae) from Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 67: 536–556. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2019-0042 Reference page. 
• Kropachev, I.I., Orlov, N.L., Ninh, H.T. & 2019. A New Species of Rhacophorus Genus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae: Rhacophorinae) from Van Ban District, Lao Cai Province, Northern Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 26(6): 325–334. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2019-26-6-325-334 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, C.T., , Pham, A.V., van Schingen, M., Nguyen, T.T. & Le, M.D. 2019. Three new species of the snake genus Achalinus from Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 4590(2): 249–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.2.3 . Reference page. 

• Ananjeva, N.B., Ermakov, O.A., Nguyen, S.N., , Murphy, R.W., Lukonina, S.A. & Orlov, N.L. 2020. A New Species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Highlands, Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 27(4): 217–230. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2020-27-4-217-230 . Reference page. 
• Bernardes, M., Le, M.D., Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, C.T., Pham, A.V., , Rödder, D., Bonkowski, M. & Ziegler, T. 2020. Integrative taxonomy reveals three new taxa within the Tylototriton asperrimus complex (Caudata, Salamandridae) from Vietnam. ZooKeys 935: 121–164. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.935.37138 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, C.T., , Luong, A.M. & Ziegler, T. 2020. A new species of Megophrys (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4722(5): 401–422. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.5.1 Reference page. 
• Ninh, H.T., , Orlov, N., Nguyen, T.Q. & Ziegler, T. 2020. A New Species of the Genus Zhangixalus (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. European Journal of Taxonomy 688: 1–18. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.688 Reference page. 

• Hoang, V.C., Jiang, J.-P., Nguyen, Q.H., Orlov, N., Le, V.M., Nguyen, V.H., Nguyen, V.T., & Ziegler, T. 2021. A New Species of Vietnamophryne from Vietnam. Revue suisse de Zoologie 128(1): 207–219. DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0046 Reference page. 
• Hoang, C.V., , Ninh, H.T., Luong, A.M., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.Q., Orlov, N.L., Chen, Y-H., Wang, B., Ziegler, T. & Jiang, J-P. 2021. Two new cryptic species of Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) related to the M. heymonsi group from central Vietnam. Zookeys 1036: 47–74. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1036.56919 Reference page. 
• Orlov, N.L., Ermakov, O.A., & Ananjeva, N.B. 2021. A new record of odd-scaled snake (Serpentes, Xenodermidae) from Vietnam: expanded description of Parafimbrios vietnamensis based on integrative taxonomy. Zookeys 1048: 79–89. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1048.66477 Reference page. 

• Kropachev, I.I., Evsyunin, A.A., Orlov, N.L. & 2022. A New Species of Rhacophorus Genus (Anura: Rhacophoridae: Rhacophorinae) from Lang Son Province, Northern Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 29(1): 35–46. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2022-29-1-35-46 Reference page. 

• Kropachev, I.I., Orlov, N.L., Ostroshabov, A.A. & 2019. First description of the tadpole of Theloderma ryabovi Orlov, Dutta, Ghate et Kent, 2006 (Anura: Rhacophoridae), an endemic mossy frog from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4657(1): 196–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.1.13 Reference page. 
• Phung, T.M., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.Q., Ninh, H.T., Nguyen, H.Q., Bernardes, M., Le, S.T., Ziegler, T. & 2023. Southbound – the southernmost record of Tylototriton (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae) from the Central Highlands of Vietnam represents a new species. Zookeys 1168: 193–218. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1168.96091 Reference page. 

• Hoang, C.V., Luong, A.M., Nguyen, T.Q., , Ninh, H.T., Le, L.T.H., Ziegler, T. & Pham, C.T. 2024. A new species of Leptobrachella Smith 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Lai Chau Province, Vietnam. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e136491. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e136491 Reference page. 
• , Nguyen, H.H., Ninh, H.T., Le, L.T.H., Bui, H.T., Orlov, N., Hoang, C.V. & Ziegler, T. 2024. Zhangixalus thaoae sp. nov., a new green treefrog species from Vietnam (Anura, Rhacophoridae). ZooKeys 1197: 93–113. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1197.104851 Reference page. 
• Ninh, H.T., , Le, L.T.H., Nguyen, T.V., Quoc, H.N., Orlov, N.L., Bezman-Moseyko, O., Le, M.V., Nguyen, S.N. & Ziegler, T. 2024. A new Leaf-litter Frog of Leptobrachella (Anura: Megophryidae) from Tay Con Linh Mountain, northern Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 31(4): 191–224. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2024-31-4-191-224 Reference page. 
• Okabe, S., Motokawa, M., Koizumi, Y., Nguyen, T.Q., & Bui, H.T. 2024. A new species of the genus Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Mount Fansipan, Hoang Lien Son Range, northwestern Vietnam. Zootaxa 5537(3): 407–423. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.3.7 Reference page. 

• Ngo, H.N., Le, L.T.H., , Nguyen, T.M., Nguyen, N.T., Phan, T.Q., Nguyen, T.Q., Ziegler, T. & Do, D.T. 2025. A new species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Truong Son Mountain Range, Vietnam. European Journal of Taxonomy 976(1): 108–132. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2781 Reference page.