Education

2007-2011: Ph.D candidate at the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK) and the University of Bonn, Germany (DAAD Fellow)

2001-2003: Master student at the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources and the Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam

Research interests

Systematics, ecology, and phyologeny of reptiles and amphibians in southeast Asia.

Publications

Co-author of seven books and more than 130 papers relevant to the biodiversity research and conservation in southeast Asia.

Selected papers

2012
David, P., Nguyen, Q. T., Nguyen, T. T., Jiang, K., Chen, T.-B., Teynié, A. & Ziegler, T. (2012): A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from northern Vietnam, southern China and central Laos. Zootaxa, 3948: 45−62.

Gawor, A., Chapuis, S., Pham, T. C., Nguyen, Q. T., Schmitz, A. & Ziegler, T. (2012): Larval morphology of two species of the genus Theloderma (Tschudi, 1838) from Vietnam (Anura: Rhacophoridae: Rhacophorinae). Zootaxa, 3395: 59−64.

Nguyen, Q. T., Tran, T. T., Nguyen, T. T., Ziegler, T. & Böhme, W. (2012): First record of Sphenomorphus incognitus (Thompson, 1912) (Squamata: Scincidae) from Vietnam with some notes on natural history. Asian Herpetological Research, 3(2): 147−150.


2011
David, P., Nguyen, Q. T., Schneider, N. & Ziegler T. (2011): A new species of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 from central Laos (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa, 2833, 29–40.

David, P., Pham, T. C., Nguyen, Q. T. & Ziegler T. (2011): A new species of the genus Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 from highlands of Kon Tum Province, Vietnam (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa, 2758, 43–56.

Farkas, B., Le, D. M. & Nguyen, Q. T. (2011): Rafetus vietnamensis Le, Le, Tran, Phan, Phan, Tran, Pham, Nguyen, Nong, Phan, Dinh, Truong and Ha, 2010 – another invalid name for an invalid species of softshell turtle (Reptilia: Testudines: Trionychidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology, 18(1), 65–72.

Geissler, P., Hoang, M. D. & Nguyen, Q. T. (2011). First record of Dasia olivacea Gray, 1839 (Squamata: Scincidae) from the mainland of Vietnam. Herpetology Notes, 4, 261–262.

Geissler, P., Nguyen, Q. T., Poyarkov, N. A. & Wolfgang Böhme, W. (2011). New records of snakes from Cat Tien National Park, Dong Nai and Lam Dong provinces, southern Vietnam. Bonn zoological Bulletin, 60(1), 9–16.

Geissler, P., Nguyen, Q. T., Phung, M. T., Van Devender, R. W., Hartmann, T., Farkas, B., Ziegler, T. & Böhme, W. (2011). A review of Indochinese skinks of the genus Lygosoma Hardwicke & Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Scincidae), with natural history notes and an identification key. Biologia, 66(6), 1159–1176.

Luu, Q. V., Nguyen, Q. T., Do, Q. H. & Ziegler, T. (2011): A new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Huong Son limestone forest, Hanoi, northern Vietnam. Zootaxa, 3129: 39–50.

Nguyen, Q. T., Böhme, W., Nguyen, T. T., Le, K. Q., Pahl, K. R., Haus, T. & Ziegler, T. (2011): Review of the genus Dopasia Gray, 1853 (Squamata: Anguidae) in the Indochina subregion. Zootaxa, 2894, 58–68.

Nguyen, Q. T., Schmitz, A., Nguyen, T. T., Orlov, N. L., Böhme, W. & Ziegler, T. (2011): A review of the genus Sphenormorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) in Vietnam, with description of a new species from northern Vietnam and Hainan Island, southern China and the first record of S. mimicus Taylor, 1962 from Vietnam. Journal of Herpetology, 45(2), 145–154.

Rösler, H., Bauer, A. M., Heinicke, M., Greenbaum, E., Jackman, T., Nguyen, Q. T. & Ziegler, T. (2011). Phylogeny, taxonomy, and zoogeography of the genus Gekko Laurenti, 1768 with the revalidation of G. reevesii Gray, 1831 (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa, 2989, 1–50.

Schneider, N., Nguyen, Q. T., Schmitz, A., Kingsada, P., Auer, M. & Ziegler, T. (2011). A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northwestern Laos. Zootaxa, 2930, 1–21.

Yuan, Z-Y., Jiang, K., Lü S-Q., Yang, J-X., Nguyen, Q. T., Nguyen, T. T., Jin J-Q. & Che J. (2011): A phylogeny of the Tylototriton asperrimus group (Caudata: Salamandridae) based on a mitochondrial study: suggestions for a taxonomic revision. Zoological Research, 32(6), 577–584.


2010 Hallermann, J., Nguyen, Q. T., Orlov, N. L. & Ananjeva, N. B. (2010): A new species of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 17(1), 31–40.

Nguyen, Q. T., Ananjeva, N. B., Orlov, N. L., Rybaltovsky, E. & Böhme, W. (2010): A new species of the genus Scincella Mittlemann, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 17(4), 269–274.

Nguyen, Q. T., David, P., Tran, T. T., Luu, Q. V., Le, K. Q. & Ziegler, T. (2010): Amphiesmoides ornaticeps (Werner, 1924), an addition to the snake fauna of Vietnam, with a redescription and comments on the genus Amphiesmoides Malnate, 1961 (Squamata: Natricidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie, 117(1), 45–56.

Nguyen, Q. T., Kingsada, P., Rösler, H., Auer, M. & Ziegler, T. (2010): A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos. Zootaxa, 2652, 1–16.

Nguyen, Q. T., Koch, A. & Ziegler, T. (2010 "2009"): A new species of reed snake, Calamaria Boie (Squamata: Colubridae), from Central Vietnam. Hamadryad, 34(1), 1–8.

Nguyen, Q. T., Nguyen, T. T., Böhme, W. & Ziegler, T. (2010): First record of the Mountain ground skink Scincella monticola (Schmidt, 1925) (Squamata: Scincidae) from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 17(1), 67–69.

Nguyen, Q. T., Nguyen, T. T. & Orlov, N. L. (2010): New record of the Mountain Ground Skink Scincella monticola (Schmidt, 1925) (Squamata: Scincidae) from Cao Bang Province, Vietnam. Herpetology Notes, 3, 201–203.

Nguyen, Q. T., Nguyen, T. T., Schmitz, A., Orlov, N. & Ziegler, T. (2010): A new species of the genus Tropidophorus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa, 2439, 53–68.

Nguyen, Q. T., Nguyen, V. S., Böhme, W. & Ziegler, T. (2010): A new species of Scincella (Squamata: Scincidae) from Vietnam. Folia Zoologica, 59(2), 115–121.

Nguyen, Q. T., Nguyen, V. S., Orlov, N. L., Hoang, N. T., Böhme, W. & Ziegler, T. (2010): A review of the genus Tropidophorus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Vietnam with new species records and additional data on natural history. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 86(1), 5–19.

Nguyen, Q. T., Schmitz, A. & Böhme, W. (2010): Gekko ulikovskii Darevsky & Orlov, 1994: a junior synonym of Gekko badenii Szczerbak & Nekrasova, 1994. Bonn zoological Bulletin, 57(1), 15–17.

Orlov, N. L., Nguyen, Q. T., Nguyen, T. T., Ananjeva, N. B. & Ho, T. C. (2010): A new species of the genus Calamaria (Squamata: Ophidia: Colubridae) from Thua Thien – Hue Province, Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 17(3), 236–242.

Rösler, H., Nguyen, Q. T., Doan, V. K., Ho, T. C., Nguyen, T. T. & Ziegler, T. (2010): A new species of the genus Gekko Laurenti (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Vietnam with remarks on G. japonicus (Schlegel). Zootaxa, 2329, 56–68.

Rowley, J., Brown, R., Bain, R., Kusrini, M., Inger, R., Stuart, B., Wogan, G., Thy, N., Chan-ard, T., Cao, T. T., Diesmos, A., Iskandar, D. T., Lau, M., Ming, L. T., Makchai, S., Nguyen, Q. T. & Phimmachak, S. (2010): Impending conservation crisis for southeast Asian amphibians. Biology Letters, 6(3), 336–338.

Wildenhues, M. J., Gawor, A., Nguyen, Q. T., Nguyen, T. T., Schmitz, A. & Ziegler, T. (2010): First description of the larva and the juvenile stages of Rhacophorus maximus Günther, 1859 “1858” (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 117(4), 679–696.

Ziegler, T., Nazarov, R., Orlov, N., Nguyen, Q. T., Vu, N. T., Dang, N. K., Dinh, H. T. & Schmitz, A. (2010): A third new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Truong Son, Vietnam. Zootaxa, 2413, 20−36.

Ziegler, T., Orlov, N. L., Giang, T., Nguyen, Q. T., Nguyen, T. T., Le, K. Q., Nguyen, V. K. & Vu, N. T. (2010): New provincial records of cat snakes, Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae), from Vietnam, inclusive of an extended diagnosis of Boiga bourreti Tillack, Le & Ziegler, 2004. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 86(2), 263–274.


2009
Bain, R. H., Nguyen, Q. T. & Doan, V. K. (2009): A new species of the genus Theloderma Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from northwestern Vietnam. Zootaxa, 2191, 58–68.

Bain, R. H., Stuart, B. L., Nguyen, Q. T., Che, J. & Rao, D.-Q. (2009): A new Odorrana (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Vietnam and China. Copeia, 2, 348–362.

Geissler, P., Nazarov, R., Orlov, N. L., Böhme, W., Phung, M. T., Nguyen, Q. T. & Ziegler, T. (2009): A new species of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa, 2161, 20–32.

Nguyen, V. S., Ho, T. C. & Nguyen, Q. T. (2009): Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 768 pp.

Orlov, N. L., Kharin, V. E., Ananjeva, N. B., Nguyen, T. T. & Nguyen, Q. T. (2009): A new genus and species of colubrid snakes (Squamata, Ophidia, Colubridae) from South Vietnam (Lam Dong Province). Russian Journal of Herpetology, 16(3), 228–240.


2008
Nguyen, Q. T., Hendrix, R., Böhme, W., Vu, N. T. & Ziegler, T. (2008): A new species of the genus Philautus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Truong Son Range, Quang Binh Province, central Vietnam. Zootaxa, 1925, 1–13.

Orlov, N. L., Ryabov, S. A., Nguyen, T. T., Nguyen, Q. T. & Ho, T. C. (2008): A new species of Goniurosaurus (Sauria: Gekkota: Eublepharidae) from North Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 15(3), 229–244.

Rösler, H., Vu, N. T., Nguyen, Q. T., Ngo, V. T. & Ziegler, T. (2008): A new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Central Vietnam. Hamadryad, 33(1), 48–63.

Ziegler, T., David, P., Miralles, A., Doan, V. K. & Nguyen, Q. T. (2008): A new species of the snake genus Fimbrios from Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Truong Son, central Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa, 1729, 37–48.

Ziegler, T., Nguyen, Q. T., Schmitz, A., Stenke, R. & Rösler, H. (2008): A new species of Goniurosaurus from Cat Ba Island, Hai Phong, northern Vietnam (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Zootaxa, 1771, 16–30.

Ziegler, T., Nguyen, V. S. & Nguyen, Q. T. (2008): A new reed snake Calamaria Boie (Squamata: Colubridae), from Vietnam. Current Herpetology, 27(2), 71–80.