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TIMOR-LESTE (Lautem Distr.)

 


TIMOR-LESTE REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN SURVEY
WHEN THE CAT'S AT COM
(AND THE MICE ARE AT RAÇA)

In the Raça Caves the team captured a juvenile and an adult Bent-toed geckos (Cyrtodactylus sp.) and Forest skinks (Sphenomorphus sp.) while outside they caught a Timor blindsnake (Sundatyphlops polygrammicus), a large Lesser Sunda racer (Coelognathus subradiatus), a male Timor flying lizard (Draco timoriensis), and a green Island pitviper (Trimeresurus insularis). Their short excursion to Raça was a success even if the night hunt was not very productive.

Juvenile Bent-toed gecko,
Cyrtodactylus sp.

Adult Bent-toed gecko,
Cyrtodactylus sp.

Forest skink,
Sphenomorphus sp.
Male Timor flying lizard,
Draco timoriensis

Timor blindsnake,
Sundatyphlops polygrammicus

Lesser Sunda racer,
Coelognathus subradiatus
Island pitviper
Trimeresurus insularis


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