Mark OSHEA,Caitlin SANCHEZ,Scott HEACOX,et al.First Update to Herpetofaunal Records from Timor-Leste[J].Asian Herpetological Research(AHR),2012,3(2):114-126.[doi:10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00114]
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Asian Herpetological Research[ISSN:2095-0357/CN:51-1735/Q]

Issue:
2012 VoI.3 No.2
Page:
114-126
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Original Article
Publishing date:
2012-06-25

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Title:
First Update to Herpetofaunal Records from Timor-Leste
Author(s):
Mark O’SHEA1 Caitlin SANCHEZ2 Scott HEACOX2 Andrew KATHRINER3 Venancio LOPES CARVALHO4 Agivedo VARELA RIBEIRO4 Zito AFRANIO SOARES4 Luis LEMOS DE ARAUJO4 and Hi
1 West Midland Safari Park, Bewdley, Worcestershire DY12 1LF, United Kingdom; and Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
2 Department of Biology, Victor Valley College, 18422 Bear Valley Road, Victorville, California 92395, USA
3 Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA. Present Address: Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USA
4 Universidade National Timor-Lorosa’e, Faculdade de Ciencias da Educa?ao, Departamentu da Biologia, Avenida Cidade de Lisboa, Liceu Dr. Francisco Machado, Dili, Timor-Leste
Keywords:
herpetofauna biodiversity Timor-Leste West Timor Wallacea Cryptoblepharus Hemidactylus cf. tenkatei
PACS:
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DOI:
10.3724/SP.J.1245.2012.00114
Abstract:
Herpetological surveys of locations in six districts of Timor-Leste (Dili, Baucau, Ermera, Liqui?a, Manatuto, Viqueque) during 2010 led to the discovery of a new, high-altitude species of Cryptoblepharus from Ermera District, a new country record (Hemidactylus cf. tenkatei), and the recording of two previously unvouchered species (Python r. reticulatus and Liasis m. mackloti). In this article, we summarize these new records and present numerous new district records for Timor-Leste and four records for road-killed snakes seen in West Timor (Indonesia). With the addition of the results from our 2009 survey, the update presented herein increases the confirmed number of amphibian and reptile species for Timor-Leste to 47.

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