<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpc9bcf495yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">My co-authors and I recently published the <span>description of a new snake species</span> genus <i>Stegonotus</i>, found only in the south-coast moist forests of Timor-Leste. Former President José Ramos-Horta suggested we name the species for the area in which we first discovered it, and we are honored to dedicate the description to him, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">You can access the publication at the following URL:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354321781_A_new_species_of_Stegonotus_Serpentes_Colubridae_from_the_remnant_coastal_forests_of_southern_Timor-Leste" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354321781_A_new_species_of_Stegonotus_Serpentes_Colubridae_from_the_remnant_coastal_forests_of_southern_Timor-Leste</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>While this is a rather technical description overall, we hope that the images of the snake and the photos of the locality may provide a glimpse of Timor-Leste most will never see.<br></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">With best wishes,</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Hinrich Kaiser, PhD FLS</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Victor Valley College</div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpc9bcf495signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;" size="2"><br></font></font></div><div><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;" size="2">Hinrich Kaiser PhD FLS</font></font></div><div><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;">Professor of Biology, Victor Valley College</span><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;"><font face="HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" style="background-color: inherit;"><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:x-small;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Neue Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Editor-in-Chief, </span><i style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:x-small;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Neue Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Herpetology Notes</i></span></font></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;"><font face="HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" style="background-color: inherit;">Guest Researcher, <span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Neue Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;">Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig</span></span></font></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;"><font face="HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" style="background-color: inherit;">Research Associate, USNM, Smithsonian Institution</font></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: inherit;"><font face="HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif">Executive Committee Member, World Congress of Herpetology<br>PeaceJam Representative of Nobel Peace Laureate José Ramos-Horta</font></font></span></font></div><div><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: inherit;"><font face="HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif">Member, Int. 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