TIMOR-LESTE REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN SURVEY
PHASE VII: DRIVING IN "THE DISTRICTS"

Despite all the road hazards the drive was scenic with stunning mountains and quaint villages.

The mountains of Bobonaro District	A hilltop cemetary

And we found one herp on the drive, a road-killed Lesser Sunda pitviper (Trimeresurus insularis) at an elevation of 876 m (our highest record for the species on Timor) on the climb up to our final descent into Maliana, but more excitement was to come........

Lesser Sunda pitviper (DOR) Trimeresurus insularis