Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity
Luke Gibson, Department of Biological Science () April 07, 2012Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity
Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity
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“We have barely scratched the surface of Timor-Leste’s biodiversity. New discoveries can have profound impacts on conservation and policy-making.”
In August 2022, we led an expedition to Timor-Leste in collaboration with Conservation International and the government of Timor-Leste. The Museum’s herpetologist, Dr CHAN Kin Onn, discovered a new species of bent-toed gecko which was named Cyrtodactylus santana, in reference to the Nino Konis Santana National Park, in which the gecko was discovered.
