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<mods:title>The herpetofauna of Timor-Leste: a first report</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Kaiser, Hinrich</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Carvalho, Venancio Lopes</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Universidade National Timor-Lorosa'e, Faculdade de Ciencias da Educacao, Departamentu da Biologia, Avenida Cidade de Lisboa, Liceu Dr. Francisco Machado, Dili, Timor-Leste</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Ceballos, Jester</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Freed, Paul</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Richards, Stephen J.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Conservation International, PO Box 1024, Atherton, Queensland 4883, Australia; and Herpetology Department, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Sanchez, Caitlin</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>O'Shea, Mark</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>West Midland Safari Park, Bewdley, Worcestershire DY 12 1 LF, United Kingdom; and Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="CBDC124F-BB49-0611-ED67-95B287130A8F" authority="(Schneider, 1799)" baseAuthorityName="Schneider" baseAuthorityYear="1799" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Cerberus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerberus rynchops" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="46" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rynchops">Cerberus cf. rynchops (Schneider, 1799)</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Cerberus cf. rynchops. Male (USNM 573675, SVL 598 mm, TL 756 mm) from a rice paddy in the Baucau area, Baucau District. Photo by Mark O'Shea." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/15887" pageId="27" pageNumber="46">Fig. 25</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="46">Common names.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="46">(E) Bockadam, Dog-faced Watersnake. *(T) Samea natar (samea = snake, natar = rice paddy).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="46">Identification.</paragraph>
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Dog-faced watersnakes are easily distinguished based on both morphology and habits. Compared with other snakes, the head is blunt with a rounded snout and relatively small eyes in a dorsolateral position (
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Cerberus cf. rynchops. Male (USNM 573675, SVL 598 mm, TL 756 mm) from a rice paddy in the Baucau area, Baucau District. Photo by Mark O'Shea." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/15887" pageId="27" pageNumber="46">Fig. 25</figureCitation>
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). Coloration is brownish gray, often with darker blotches on the back. Relative to most snakes in Timor-Leste, these snakes are heavy-bodied (body diameter is robust as opposed to slender). These snakes are most frequently encountered in habitats with standing or slow-flowing water.
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="46">Collection and natural history.</paragraph>
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We captured a single specimen of a snake very similar to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="46">Cerberus rynchops</emphasis>
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at night from a flooded rice paddy near Baucau (Baucau District). The snake submerged when illuminated, but was extracted from the muddy water with ease.
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="46">Taxonomic comment.</paragraph>
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In its overall morphology our specimen clearly resembles
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="46">Cerberus rynchops</emphasis>
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, but a few specific characteristics of its scalation are intermediate between
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="46">Cerberus rynchops</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="46">Cerberus australis</emphasis>
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. Until we are able to ascertain its precise taxonomic status, through more detailed morphological and genetic comparisons, we list this specimen
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="47">Cerberus cf. rynchops</emphasis>
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. The genus
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="47">Cerberus</emphasis>
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is currently undergoing a taxonomic evaluation by John C. Murphy (in litt.).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="47">Figure 25.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="47">Cerberus cf. rynchops</emphasis>
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. Male (USNM 573675, SVL 598 mm, TL 756 mm) from a rice paddy in the Baucau area, Baucau District. Photo by Mark
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