Niane Sivongxay
Niane Sivongxay is a zoologist and herpetologist from Laos, who is Director of the South East Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) Regional Centre for Community Education Development and is Assistant Professor of Biology at the National University of Laos. She specialises in the study of zooplankton, amphibians and reptiles.
Biography
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Sivongxay studied in the former USSR for her undergraduate and Masters qualifications, before studying for a PhD at Khon Kaen University in Thailand, where she specialised in zooplankton.[1] She is a National Expert on zooplankton and works as part of the Ecological Health Monitoring initiative in the Lower Mekong basin.[1] From 2013 to 2017 she was a co-investigator on the project 'Biodiversity and conservation in the Lower Mekong: empowering female herpetologists through capacity building and regional networking'.[2] As the project lead in Laos, she led eighteen field expeditions to record amphibians in the region.[2]
She is Director of the South East Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) Regional Centre for Community Education Development, at the Ministry of Education.[1][3] She is also Assistant Professor of Biology at the National University of Laos.[4]
Taxon named
[edit]She has helped to name three geckos and three frogs.[5][6][7][8]
- Limnonectes coffeatus
- Limnonectes savan
- Ptychozoon cicakterbang
- Ptychozoon kabkaebin
- Ptychozoon tokehos
- Theloderma lacustrinum
References
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- ^ a b c "National University of Laos – Inowasia". Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ a b "Project 2-093 Thailand". sites.nationalacademies.org. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ "Vientiane Times". www.vientianetimes.org.la. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ "Staff Profile of SEAMEO CED". moes.edu.la. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ Phimmachak, Somphouthone; Sivongxay, Niane; Seateun, Sengvilay; Yodthong, Siriporn; Rujirawan, Attapol; Neang, Thy; Aowphol, Anchalee; Stuart, Bryan L. (2018-01-25). "A new Limnonectes (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from southern Laos". Zootaxa. 4375 (3): 325–340. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4375.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 29690074.
- ^ Phimmachak, Somphouthone; Richards, Stephen J.; Sivongxay, Niane; Seateun, Sengvilay; Chuaynkern, Yodchaiy; Makchai, Sunchai; Som, Hannah E.; Stuart, Bryan L. (2019-05-16). "A new caruncle-bearing fanged frog (Limnonectes, Dicroglossidae) from Laos and Thailand". ZooKeys (846): 133–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.846.33200. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6533239. PMID 31148931.
- ^ Grismer, L. Lee; Wood, Perry L. Jr.; Grismer, Jesse L.; Quah, Evan S. H.; Thy, Neang; Phimmachak, Somphouthone; Sivongxay, Niane; Seateun, Sengvilay; Stuart, Bryan L.; Siler, Cameron B.; Mulcahy, Daniel G. (2019-07-16). "Geographic structure of genetic variation in the Parachute Gecko Ptychozoon lionotum Annandale, 1905 across Indochina and Sundaland with descriptions of three new species". Zootaxa. 4638 (2): 151–198. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4638.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31712473. S2CID 203900279.
- ^ Sivongxay, Niane; Davankham, Monekham; Phimmachak, Somphouthone; Phoumixay, Keochay; Stuart, Bryan L. (2016-08-05). "A new small-sized Theloderma (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Laos". Zootaxa. 4147 (4): 433–442. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4147.4.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27515627.