TIMOR-LESTE 2009

Victor Valley College Tropical Research Initiative
Herpetofauna of Timor-Leste
Phase I

 

Maubisse, Ainaro District


Map of Maubisse, Ainaro District.
(click to enlarge and view Maubisse locations)

 

The herp team chasing skinks around the posada.
Laca practises with a blowpipe for catching flying lizards (Draco) with Hinrich and Scott watching.

Most of the specimens collected at Maubisse were found within the posada compound. They consisted of a Foam-nest treefrog (Polypedates cf. leucomystax), a Four-fingered skink (Carlia sp.), a Forest skink (Sphenomorphus sp.) and a Night skink (Eremiascincus sp.). Since we hoped to catch arboreal lizards later in the expedition, the blowpipes were broken out and practice began.

HERPS from MAUBISSE
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Foam-nest treefrog, Polypedates cf. leucomystax
Four-fingered skink, Carlia sp. 1
Forest skink, Sphenomorphus sp. 2
Night skink, Eremiascincus sp. 1