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First report on the herpetofauna of Ataúro Island, Timor Leste

2013; Pensoft Publishers; Volume: 9; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15560/9.4.752

ISSN

1809-127X

Autores

Hinrich Kaiser, Caitlin Sanchez, Scott Heacox, Andrew Kathriner, Agivedo Varela Ribeiro, Zito Afranio Soares, Luis Lemos de Araujo, Sven Mecke, Mark O’Shea,

Tópico(s)

Animal and Plant Science Education

Resumo

We describe for the first time the terrestrial herpetofauna of Ataúro Island, Timor-Leste, a small mountainous island in the Inner Banda Arc of the Lesser Sunda Archipelago. The island supports a fauna of ten lizard species in three families (Gekkonidae, n = 5; Scincidae, n = 4; Varanidae, n = 1) and four snake species in three families (Colubridae, n = 3; Typhlopidae, n = 1; Viperidae, n = 1). In addition to a set of lizards (e.g., Cryptoblepharus, Eutropis, Gehyra, Gekko, Hemidactylus, Lamprolepis) and snakes (e.g., Lycodon, Ramphotyphlops, Trimeresurus) typical for the Lesser Sunda Islands, there appear to be undescribed endemic species of Cyrtodactylus, Eremiascincus, and Varanus on Ataúro. Our surveys to date have not revealed the presence of any amphibians, turtles, or crocodiles.

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