Hon Khoai

Hon Khoai (also called Ile Independence or Paulo Obi, Pulo Ubi)^[1][2][3] is a small archipelago located about 14 kilometers south from Ca Mau province, Vietnam. It is considered to be the southernmost point of Vietnam. The Hon Khoai islands consist of the main island of Hon Khoai, the smaller island Hon Sao and the islets of Hòn Đồi Mồi, Hòn Đá Lẻ and Hòn Tương. This tiny island group is home to several endemic species, including the Hon Khoai squirrel and the psychedelic rock gecko.^[4][5][6][7]

Aerial photo of Hon Khoai island.

References

1. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat, by Edmund Roberts. Page 228
2. Please see An Nam đại quốc họa đồ, southmost of Việt Nam.
3. Westerners call it by Malay Pulo Ubi. Pulo: island; Ubi keledek: sweet potato.
4. "Hon Khoai Island: wild but interesting". en.qdnd.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2018-12-19.
5. "Hon Khoai Island Ca Mau". www.vietnamonline.com. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
6. "Cnemaspis psychedelica". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
7. Motokawa, Masaharu; Bui, Hai Tuan; Dang, Phuong Huy; Oshida, Tatsuo; Nguyen, Son Truong (2018-08-13). "A new species of squirrel (Sciuridae: Callosciurus) from an isolated island off the Indochina Peninsula in southern Vietnam". Journal of Mammalogy. 99 (4): 813–825. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyy061. ISSN 0022-2372.

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