Kofiau

Kofiau is an island in the Raja Ampat Islands, in West Papua, Indonesia. The island is primarily raised coral limestone with some volcanic hills, covered in low forest.[1] The island is home to the endemic Kofiau paradise kingfisher and Kofiau monarch. A new form of the Green tree python has been found on Kofiau and Boo Island that retains its neotenic yellow coloration into adulthood.[2]

The Raja Ampat Islands. Kofiau is in the central western part of the group.

References
  1. Webb, Campbell O. (2005). Vegetation of the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua, Indonesia : a report to the Nature Conservancy (PDF) (Report).
  2. Vogle, C (2009). "Kofaiu Island Herpetoculture". Archived from the original on 2018-09-12.


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