TIMOR-LESTE REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN SURVEY
FOUR HEMIS

Once again our searching paid off, around the bamboo we found a Four-fingered skink (Carlia sp.), an Island wolfsnake (Lycodon capucinus), a Timor river frog (Hylarana timorensis) and a very unusual snail which waved its tail vigorously when touched and appeared to possess a shell covered by skin. But best of all, under a rock besides the bamboo, Laca and Mirco caught a Timor pipesnake (Cylindrophis cf. boulengeri), a major find since it is known from fewer than 12 specimens since the 1930s.

Four-fingered skink, Carlia sp.	Timor river frog, Hylarana timorensis
Island wolfsnake, Lycodon capucinus	The unsual tail-waving snail
The arrow marks the rock where the pipesnake was found	Timor pipesnake, Cylindrophis cf. boulengeri

Show and Tell with a snake

Back at Soibada Mark did a show and tell with a Lesser Sunda racer (Coelognathus subradiatus) for the local school kids. Snakes are always good for this sort of thing.

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