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About the report

In February 2005, the Australian Government Department of Environment and Heritage (DEH), commissioned Australian Museum Business Services (AMBS) to undertake a field survey of the native reptiles of islands in the Norfolk Island complex.

The need for such a survey was recognised by DEH following the preparation of a draft Recovery Plan (Cogger, 2004) which indicated that the available data on which to base such a plan was almost entirely restricted to that collected for a survey of Norfolk Island reptiles conducted in 1978 (Cogger et al., 1979, 1983).

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These documents are available as PDF files. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view them.

• Executive Summary and Background Document (norfolk-island-reptiles-summary.pdf - 199 KB)
• A qualitative assessment of the relative abundance of the Norfolk and Lord Howe Island reptiles (Christinus guentheri and Oligosoma lichenigera) and comparison with previous surveys (norfolk-island-reptiles-abundance.pdf - 450 KB)
• The levels of intraspecific genetic differentiation among island populations of the gekkonid lizard Christinus guentheri in the Norfolk Island complex (norfolk-island-reptiles-differentiation.pdf - 158 KB)
• Assessment of the suitability of potential gecko re-introduction sites on Norfolk's main island, and a review of threatening processes and the recovery actions proposed in the draft Recovery Plan (norfolk-island-reptiles-reintroduction.pdf - 85 KB)

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