The herpetofauna of Timor-Leste: A first report

ZooKeys

Volumn 109, Issue , 2011, Pages 19-86

  Kaiser, Hinrich ^a,g   Carvalho, Venancio Lopes ^b   Ceballos, Jester ^a   Freed, Paul ^c   Heacox, Scott ^a   Lester, Barbara ^c   Richards, Stephen J ^d,h   Trainor, Colin R ^e   Sanchez, Caitlin ^a   O'Shea, Mark ^f,i  

^a Victor Valley College   (United States)

^b Universidade National Timor Lorosa'e   (Timor-Leste)

^c Conservation International ^*  (United States)

^d Charles Darwin University ^*  (Australia)

^e CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f West Midland Safari Park   (United Kingdom)

^g Foundation for Post Conflict Development   (United States)

^h SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Herpetofauna; Timor Leste; Wallacea

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CARLIA (SQUAMATA); CRYPTELYTROPS INSULARIS; CYRTODACTYLUS; EREMIASCINCUS; FEJERVARYA; FEJERVARYA CANCRIVORA; FEJERVARYA LIMNOCHARIS; GABAZA; GEHYRA MUTILATA; GEKKO GECKO; GEKKONIDAE; GONATODES; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS; HYLA; LYCODON; POLYPEDATES; REPTILIA; RHACOPHORIDAE; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SPHENOMORPHUS; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; VARANUS TIMORENSIS;

EID: 79960042328     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.109.1439     Document Type: Article

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