First report on the herpetofauna of Pulau Aur, Johor, West Malaysia
With the exception ofTweedie's (1983) account ofCalamaria lovii, published accounts on the herpetofauna of Pulau Aur, located 63 km off the south-east coast of peninsular Malaysia in the South China Sea did not exist prior to this report. The only species known from the island were based on...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust
2001
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11702/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11702/1/First%20report%20on%20the%20herpetofauna%20%28abstract%29.pdf |
| Summary: | With the exception ofTweedie's (1983) account ofCalamaria lovii, published
accounts on the herpetofauna of Pulau Aur, located 63 km off the south-east coast of
peninsular Malaysia in the South China Sea did not exist prior to this report. The only
species known from the island were based on the museum records ofLimnonectes blythii,
Mabuya multi/asciata, Bronchocela cristatella, Gehyra mutilata, Varanus nebulosus and
Ahaetulla prasina deposited in the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research. A short
expedition to the island on 15-16 July 2001 yielded an additional 12 species, comprising 10
lizards and two snakes: Limnonectes blythii; Bronchocela cristatella; Cnemaspis cf.
Nigridia; Cosymbotus platyurus; Cyrtodactylus consobrinus; Gehyra mutilata; Gekko
monarchus; Hemidactylus frenatus; Dasia o/ivacea; Emoia atrocostata; Lygosoma
bowring;;; Mabuya multi/asciata; Sphenomorphus scotophi/us; Varanus nebulosus;
Varanus salvator; Ramphotyphlops cf. braminus; Calamaria lovii and Macropisthodon
flaviceps. |
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