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December 2010

A few interesting observations from the reserve

As supervisors of both François Catzeflis's research into small mammals and Anna and Ineke's into carbon storage (see TN 32), the foresters of Trésor noticed several special animals, particularly amphibians and reptiles, among them species perceived for the first time in Trésor or seldom seen in French Guiana.
This counts especially for Drepanoïdes anomalus and Taeniophallus nicagus.

A selection from our observations:

A Lancehead (Bothrops atrox)
eating a lizard (Neusticurus rudis)
on the educational trail.

Bothrops bilineatus, an arboreal Lancehead.	Dendropsophus calcaratus,occurs in the swamps of Trésor.	Rhinatrema bivittatum, a peculiar, limbless amphibian, observed for the first time in Trésor.
Taeniophallus nicagus, a very rare species, observed for the first time in Trésor.	Pseustes poecilonotus, observed for the first time in Trésor.	Liophis reginae
Oxyrhopus aff. melanogenys	Chironius exoletus	Drepanoïdes anomalus, this species is seldom seen in French Guiana.
photos Ass. Trésor