The herpetofauna of Timor-Leste: a first report
- H. Kaiser, Venancio Lopes Carvalho, M. O’Shea
- Biology, Environmental ScienceZooKeys
- 20 June 2011
It appears that the biodiversity of amphibians and reptiles in this remote corner of Wallacea is much greater than previously thought, particularly with respect to scincid lizards.
First report on the herpetofauna of the Oecusse District, an exclave of Timor-Leste
- C. Sanchez, Venancio Lopes Carvalho, A. Kathriner, H. Kaiser
- Biology, Environmental Science
- 2012
With the exception of Cyrtodactylus, which most likely represents an undescribed species, the herpetofauna of Oecusse District identified so far appears to be a less diverse subset of species found in the other twelve, contiguous districts of mainland Timor-Leste.
First report on the herpetofauna of Ataúro Island, Timor Leste
- H. Kaiser, C. Sanchez, M. O’Shea
- Biology, Environmental Science
- 1 August 2013
The terrestrial herpetofauna of Atauro Island, Timor-Leste is described for the first time, a small mountainous island in the Inner Banda Arc of the Lesser Sunda Archipelago that supports a fauna of ten lizard species in three families and four snake species in four families.
First Update to Herpetofaunal Records from Timor-Leste
- C. Sanchez, Scott A. Heacox, A. Kathriner, A. Ribeiro, Z. A. Soares, H. Kaiser
- Environmental Science, Biology
- 2012
The update presented herein increases the confirmed number of amphibian and reptile species for Timor-Leste to 47 and four records for road-killed snakes seen in West Timor (Indonesia) are presented.
Hiding in plain sight: a new species of bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from West Timor, collected by Malcolm Smith in 1924.
- A. Kathriner, A. Bauer, M. O’Shea, C. Sanchez, H. Kaiser
- BiologyZootaxa
- 24 December 2014
The specimen is the earliest confirmed record of the genus Cyrtodactylus for Timor, and it is the first putatively endemic gecko species described from this island.
Conservation education in a post-conflict country : five herpetological case studies in Timor-Leste
- H. Kaiser, David Taylor, M. O’Shea
- Environmental Science
- 2013
As part of an on-going survey of herpetofaunal diversity in Timor-Leste, we documented our observations regarding encounters between local human inhabitants and their reptilian neighbours. Our…
Diet choice in frugivorous bats: gourmets or operational pragmatists?
- T. Orr, J. Ortega, R. Medellín, C. Sanchez, K. Hammond
- Environmental ScienceJournal of Mammalogy
- 5 December 2016
The data indicate that, while fruits remain an important part of the diet, insects may be an extremely valuable source of nitrogen to females during pregnancy, and new hypotheses regarding when insect supplementation occurs are tested.