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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| author | Grismer, L. Lee Norsham, S. Yaakob Liat, Lim Boo Leong, Tzi Ming Das, I. Sosa, Roland A. Grismer, Jesse L. Crane, K. M. Diaz, R. E. Figueroa, S. V. Ledbetter, C. A. Newbold, S. C. Newbold, S. R. Patel, C. P. Castro, J. Escobar III, R. A. Guerrero, S. Pinedo, J. W. Trujillo, J. D. Kaiser, Hinrich |
| author_facet | Grismer, L. Lee Norsham, S. Yaakob Liat, Lim Boo Leong, Tzi Ming Das, I. Sosa, Roland A. Grismer, Jesse L. Crane, K. M. Diaz, R. E. Figueroa, S. V. Ledbetter, C. A. Newbold, S. C. Newbold, S. R. Patel, C. P. Castro, J. Escobar III, R. A. Guerrero, S. Pinedo, J. W. Trujillo, J. D. Kaiser, Hinrich |
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| description | 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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| publishDate | 2001 |
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| spelling | unimas-117022016-05-03T02:31:22Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11702/ First report on the herpetofauna of Pulau Aur, Johor, West Malaysia Grismer, L. Lee Norsham, S. Yaakob Liat, Lim Boo Leong, Tzi Ming Das, I. Sosa, Roland A. Grismer, Jesse L. Crane, K. M. Diaz, R. E. Figueroa, S. V. Ledbetter, C. A. Newbold, S. C. Newbold, S. R. Patel, C. P. Castro, J. Escobar III, R. A. Guerrero, S. Pinedo, J. W. Trujillo, J. D. Kaiser, Hinrich GE Environmental Sciences 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. Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust 2001 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11702/1/First%20report%20on%20the%20herpetofauna%20%28abstract%29.pdf Grismer, L. Lee and Norsham, S. Yaakob and Liat, Lim Boo and Leong, Tzi Ming and Das, I. and Sosa, Roland A. and Grismer, Jesse L. and Crane, K. M. and Diaz, R. E. and Figueroa, S. V. and Ledbetter, C. A. and Newbold, S. C. and Newbold, S. R. and Patel, C. P. and Castro, J. and Escobar III, R. A. and Guerrero, S. and Pinedo, J. W. and Trujillo, J. D. and Kaiser, Hinrich (2001) First report on the herpetofauna of Pulau Aur, Johor, West Malaysia. Hamadryad, 26 (2). pp. 350-353. ISSN 0972-205X https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hinrich_Kaiser/publication/259594990_FIRST_REPORT_ON_THE_HERPETOFAUNA_OF_PULAU_AUR_JOHOR_WEST_MALAYSIA/links/00b4952cd79e2be604000000.pdf |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences Grismer, L. Lee Norsham, S. Yaakob Liat, Lim Boo Leong, Tzi Ming Das, I. Sosa, Roland A. Grismer, Jesse L. Crane, K. M. Diaz, R. E. Figueroa, S. V. Ledbetter, C. A. Newbold, S. C. Newbold, S. R. Patel, C. P. Castro, J. Escobar III, R. A. Guerrero, S. Pinedo, J. W. Trujillo, J. D. Kaiser, Hinrich First report on the herpetofauna of Pulau Aur, Johor, West Malaysia |
| title | First report on the herpetofauna of Pulau Aur, Johor, West Malaysia |
| title_full | First report on the herpetofauna of Pulau Aur, Johor, West Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | First report on the herpetofauna of Pulau Aur, Johor, West Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | First report on the herpetofauna of Pulau Aur, Johor, West Malaysia |
| title_short | First report on the herpetofauna of Pulau Aur, Johor, West Malaysia |
| title_sort | first report on the herpetofauna of pulau aur, johor, west malaysia |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences |
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