First report on the herpetofauna of Ataúro Island, Timor Leste
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) an...
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| author | Hinrich Kaiser Caitlin Sanchez Scott Heacox Andrew Kathriner Agivedo Ribeiro Zito Soares Luis Araujo Sven Mecke Mark O’Shea |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-964d5734c4f247bfb3e99a8d7a821d032022-12-22T03:13:26ZengPensoft PublishersCheck List1809-127X2013-08-019475276210.15560/9.4.75218718First report on the herpetofauna of Ataúro Island, Timor LesteHinrich Kaiser0Caitlin Sanchez1Scott Heacox2Andrew Kathriner3Agivedo Ribeiro4Zito Soares5Luis Araujo6Sven Mecke7Mark O’Shea8Department of Biology, Victor Valley CollegeDepartment of Biology, Victor Valley College.Department of Biology, Victor Valley CollegeDepartment of Biology, Villanova UniversityUniversidade Nacional Timor-Lorosa’eUniversidade Nacional Timor-Lorosa’eUniversidade Nacional Timor-Lorosa’ePhilipps-Universität MarburgUniversity of WolverhamptonWe 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.https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/18718/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Hinrich Kaiser Caitlin Sanchez Scott Heacox Andrew Kathriner Agivedo Ribeiro Zito Soares Luis Araujo Sven Mecke Mark O’Shea First report on the herpetofauna of Ataúro Island, Timor Leste Check List |
| title | First report on the herpetofauna of Ataúro Island, Timor Leste |
| title_full | First report on the herpetofauna of Ataúro Island, Timor Leste |
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| title_full_unstemmed | First report on the herpetofauna of Ataúro Island, Timor Leste |
| title_short | First report on the herpetofauna of Ataúro Island, Timor Leste |
| title_sort | first report on the herpetofauna of atauro island timor leste |
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