Minh Duc Le

Minh Duc Le, Vietnamese herpetologist.

• Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University, 334 Nguyen Trai Road, Hanoi, Vietnam.
• Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Hanoi National University, 19 Le Thanh Tong, Hanoi, Vietnam.
• Department of Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York, United States.

Taxon names authored

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• 70 taxon names authored by Minh Duc Le

Eponyms

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• 1 eponym of Minh Duc Le

Publications

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2008

• Kizirian, D., Bayefsky-Anad, S., Eriksson, A., Le, M. & Donnelly, M.A. 2008. A new Petracola and re-description of P. ventrimaculatus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Zootaxa 1700: 53–62. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

2013

• Nguyen, T.Q., Wang, Y.-Y., Yang, J.-H., Lehmann, T., Le, M.D., Ziegler, T. & Bonkowski, M. 2013. A new species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the border region between China and Vietnam. Zootaxa 3652(5): 501–518. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.5.1 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.Q., Lehmann, T., Le, M.D., Duong, H.T., Bonkowski, M. & Ziegler, T. 2013. A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3736(1): 89–98. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.1.5 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Phung, T.M., Le, M.D. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2013. A new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phu Yen Province, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3686(4): 432–446. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.4.2 Reference page. 

2014

• Luu, V.Q., Calame, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Bonkowski, M. & Ziegler, T. 2014. A new species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos. Zootaxa 3895(1): 73–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.1.4 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.Q., Botov, A., Le, M.D., Nophaseud, L., Zug, G., Bonkowski, M. & Ziegler, T. 2014. A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos. Zootaxa 3827(1): 45–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.1.4 Reference page. 

2015

• Luu, V.Q., Calame, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D. & Ziegler, T. 2015. Morphological and molecular review of the Gekko diversity of Laos with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 3986(3): 279–306. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.3.2. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Pham, A.V., Ngo, H.N., Hoang, C.V., Pham, C.T. & Ziegler, T. 2015. Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the karst forest of Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 3985(3): 375–390. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.3.3 Reference page. 
• Teynié, A., David, P., Lottier, A., Le, M.D., Vidal, N. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2015. A new genus and species of xenodermatid snake (Squamata: Caenophidia: Xenodermatidae) from northern Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Zootaxa 3926(4): 523–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.4.4. Reference page. 

2016

• Le, D.T., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D. & Ziegler, T. 2016. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 4162(2): 268–282. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.2.4 Reference page. 
• Luu, V.Q., Calame, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Bonkowski, M. & Ziegler, T. 2016. Cyrtodactylus rufford, a new cave-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos. Zootaxa 4067(2): 185–199. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.2.4. Reference page. 
• Luu, V.Q., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Bonkowski, M. & Ziegler, T. 2016. A new species of karst-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos. Zootaxa 4079(1): 87–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.1.6.Reference page. 
• Luu, V.Q., Bonkowski, M., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Schneider, N., Ngo, H.T. & Ziegler, T. 2016. Evolution in karst massifs: Cryptic diversity among bent-toed geckos along the Truong Son Range with descriptions of three new species and one new country record from Laos. Zootaxa 4107(2): 101–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.2.1. Reference page. 
• Pham, T.C., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Bonkowski, M. & Ziegler, T. 2016. A new species of Odorrana (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4084(3): 421–435. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.3.7 Reference page. 

2017

• Luu, V.Q., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Bonkowski, M. & Ziegler, T. 2017. A new karst dwelling species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos. Zootaxa 4263(1): 179–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.10. Reference page. 
• Pham, C.T., Le, M.D., Nguyen, T.T., 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. 
• Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, A.V., Ziegler, T., Ngo, H.T. & Le, M.D. 2017. A New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and the First Record of C. otai from Son La Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 4341(1): 25–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.1.2. Reference page. 
• Luu, V.Q., Dung, T.V., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D. & Ziegler, T. 2017. A New Species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gia Lai Province, Central Highlands of Vietnam. Zootaxa 4362(3): 385–404. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.3.4. Reference page. 

2018

• Kizirian, D.A., Truong, N.Q., Ngo, H.T. & Le, M.D. 2018. Parahelicops, Pararhabdophis, Paraphyly: Phylogenetic Relationships among Certain Southeast Asian Natricine Snakes (Hebius). American Museum Novitates 3906: 1–7. hdl: 2246/6906 Reference page. 
• Luu, V.Q., Bonkowski, M., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Calame, T. & Ziegler, T. 2018. A new species of Lycodon Boie, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from central Laos. Revue suisse de Zoologie 125(2): 263–276. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1414221 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, A.D., Tran, B.T.T. & Le, M.D. 2018. First record of the millipede genus Nesorthomorpha Jeekel, 1980 in Vietnam with description of a new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Zootaxa 4462(3): 426–434. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.3.8 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., David, P., Ziegler, T.N., Pham, T.C., Nguyen, T.Q. & Le, M.D. 2018. Morphological and molecular review of Jacob’s Mountain Stream Keelback Opisthotropis jacobi Angel & Bourret, 1933 (Squamata: Natricidae) with description of a sibling species from northern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4374(4): 476–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.2 Reference page. 

2019

• Janssen, H.Y., Pham, C.T., Ngo, H.T., Le, M.D., Nguyen, T.Q. & Ziegler, T. 2019. A new species of Lycodon Boie, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from northern Vietnam. ZooKeys 875: 1–29. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.875.35933 Reference page. 
• Luu, V.Q., Ziegler, T., Ha, N.V., Le, M.D. & Hoang, T.T. 2019. A new species of Lycodon Boie, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 4586(2): 261–277. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.3 Reference page. 
• Pham, A.V., Le, M.D., Ziegler, T. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2019. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northwestern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4544(3): 360–380. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.3 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Luu, V.Q., Nguyen, T.T., Ha, N.V., Ngo, H.T., Le, M.D., Nguyen, T.Q. 2019. Rediscovery of Andrea’s keelback, Hebius andreae (Ziegler & Le, 2006): First country record for Laos and phylogenetic placement. Revue suisse de Zoologie 126(1): 61–71. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2619520 . Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.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. 
• Ziegler, T., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.V., Nguyen, T.Q., Wang, J., Wang, Y.-Y., Stuart, B.L. & Le, M.D. 2019. A new species of Opisthotropis from northern Vietnam previously misidentified as the Yellow-spotted Mountain Stream Keelback O. maculosa Stuart & Chuaynkern, 2007 (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa 4613(3): 578–586. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.3.9 . Reference page. 

2020

• Wang, J., Lyu, Z.-T., Zeng, Z.-C., Lin, C.-Y., Yang, J.-H., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Ziegler, T. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2020. Re-examination of the Chinese record of Opisthotropis maculosa (Squamata, Natricidae), resulting in the first national record of O. haihaensis and description of a new species. Zookeys 913: 141–159. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.913.48622 Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.H., Sitthivong, S., Ngo, H.T., Luu, V.Q., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D. & Ziegler, T. 2020. A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the karst forest of Khammouane Province, central Laos. Zootaxa 4759(4): 530–542. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.4.4 Reference page. 
• Bernardes, M., Le, M.D., Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, C.T., Pham, A.V., Nguyen, T.T., 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. 
• Luu, V.Q., Ziegler, T., Ha, N.V., Lo, O.V., Hoang, T.T., Ngo, H.T., Le, M.D., Tran, D.H. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2020. A new species of Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Trang An Landscape Complex, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 4877(1): 174–184. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4877.1.8 Reference page. 

2021

• Nguyen, T.H., Luu, V.Q., Sitthivong, S., Ngo, H.T., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D. & Ziegler, T. 2021. A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vientiane Capital, Laos. Zootaxa 4965(2): 351–362. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.2.8 Reference page. 

2022

• Ha, N.V., Ziegler, T., Sy, T.D., Le, M.D., Nguyen, T.Q. & Luu, V.Q. 2022. A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Son La Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 5168(3): 375–387. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.3.8 Reference page. 
• Ngo, H.T., Do, Q.H., Pham, C.T., Luu, V.Q., Grismer, L.L., Ziegler, T., Nguyen, V.T.H., Nguyen, T.Q. & Le, M.D. 2022. How many more species are out there? Current taxonomy substantially underestimates the diversity of bent-toed geckos (Gekkonidae, Cyrtodactylus) in Laos and Vietnam. Zookeys 1097ː 135–152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1097.78127 Reference page. 

2023

• Do, D.T., Do, Q.H., Le, M.D., Ngo, H.T., Ziegler, T., Nguyen, T.Q. & Pham, C.T. 2023. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phu Yen Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 5271(3): 503–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5271.3.4 Reference page. 
• Luu, V.Q., Nguyen, T.H., Do, Q.H., Pham, C.T., Hoang, T.T., Nguyen, T.Q., Le, M.D., Ziegler, T., Grismer, J.L. & Grismer, L.L. 2023. A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Ha Giang Province, Vietnam. Zookeys 1167: 353–382. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1167.103713 Reference page. 
• Luu, V.Q., Nguyen, T.H., Le, M.D., Grismer, J.L., Ha, H.B., Sitthivong, S., Hoang, T.T. & Grismer, L.L. 2023. Two new species of Dixonius from Vietnam and Laos with a discussion of the taxonomy of Dixonius (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Zookeys 1163: 143–176. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1163.101230 Reference page. 
• Ngo, H.T., Hormann, H., Le, M.D., Pham, C.T., Phung, T.M., Do, D.T., Ostrowski, S., Nguyen, T.Q. & Ziegler, T. 2023. The discovery of two new species in the Cyrtodactylus irregularis group highlights that hidden diversity remains in the largest clade of the mega-diverse genus Cyrtodactylus. European Journal of Taxonomy 875: 70–100. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.875.2141 Reference page. 
• Pham, A.V., Le, M.D., Ngo, H.T., Ong, A.V., Ziegler, T. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2023. Achalinus quangi, a new odd-scaled snake species from Vietnam. Zootaxa 5270(1): 48–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.1.2 Reference page. 
• Tran, T.T., Pham, A.V., Le, M.D., Nguyen, N.H., Ziegler, T. & Pham, C.T. 2023. A new species of Gracixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from northwestern Vietnam. Zookeys 1153: 15–35. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1153.93566 Reference page. 

2024

• Tran, T.T., Do, Q.H., Pham, C.T., Phan, T.Q., Ngo, H.T., Le, M.D., Ziegler, T. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2024. A new species of the Cyrtodactylus chauquangensis species group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Lao Cai Province, Vietnam. ZooKeys 1192: 83–102. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1192.117135 Reference page.