Komodo dragon (redirect from Varanus komodoensis)
The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to...
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Varanus, commonly known as true monitors, is one of the 11 subgenera of the genus Varanus. All of its species are found in the Australasian realm, among...
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Megalania (redirect from Varanus prisca)
thought to have had a similar ecology to the living Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). The youngest fossil remains of giant monitor lizards in Australia...
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Monitor lizard (redirect from Varanus)
some species such as Varanus sparnus, to over 3 m (10 ft) in the case of the Komodo dragon, though the extinct megalania (Varanus priscus) may have reached...
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of this group are the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), perentie (Varanus giganteus) and lace monitor (Varanus varius) (see higher). After their, next...
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Bengal monitor (redirect from Varanus bengalensis)
The Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis), also called the Indian monitor, is a species of monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian subcontinent...
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Identification Guide for the Monitor Lizard Species of the World (Genus Varanus) (552 ed.). DE: Bundesamt für Naturschutz. doi:10.19217/skr552. ISBN 978-3-89624-290-7...
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114 cm (45 in) long tail. It was subordinated to the genus Varanus under the name Varanus salvadorii by George Albert Boulenger in 1885. There are no...
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Daniel (2019-10-01). "Play behaviour by captive tree monitors, Varanus macraei and Varanus prasinus". Herpetological Bulletin. 149 (Autumn 2019): 28–31...
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was initially established to conserve the unique Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), first discovered by the scientific world in 1912 through Lieutenant...
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Megalania (~5 meters), and the largest extant lizard, the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis, ~3 meters). Either synonymous with, or a subgroup of, the group...
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A young Komodo dragon, Varanus komodoensis, produced through parthenogenesis. Komodo dragons are an example of a species which can produce offspring both...
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islands. Kimberley rock monitors (Varanus glauerti), banded tree monitors (Varanus scalaris), and spotted tree monitors (Varanus similis) were once considered...
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living genus Varanus and a number of extinct genera more closely related to Varanus than to the earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus). Varanus includes the...
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distinct morphological subgroups. Some species of Varanidae, such as Varanus komodoensis, or the Komodo dragon, have been found to produce venom. Previous...
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known for writing the first formal description of the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) in 1912. Ouwens was the child of Pieter Anthonis Ouwens, accountant...
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Perentie (redirect from Varanus giganteus)
Albert Boulenger moved it to the genus Varanus. Within the monitor genus Varanus, it lies within the subgenus Varanus. Its closest relatives belong to a lineage...
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Elephas maximus indicus Indonesia Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis Javan hawk-eagle (national bird) Nisaetus bartelsi Asian arowana...
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"A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) priscus". Proceedings of the National...
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Savannah monitor (redirect from Varanus exanthematicus)
The savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) is a medium-sized species of monitor lizard native to Africa. The species is known as Bosc's monitor in...
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Varanus prasinus species group from Waigeo, West Irian (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). Salamandra 39 (2): 65-74 Jacobs, H.J. 2008. Zucht von Varanus reisingeri...
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Yellow-headed water monitor (redirect from Varanus cumingi)
Lizard Species of the World (Genus Varanus)" (PDF). Bfn.de. Avilon Zoo, http://www.avilonzoo.com.ph Species Varanus samarensis at The Reptile Database...
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amphibius) 2 Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic 2012 Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) 2 Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic 2013 Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus...
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Nile monitor (redirect from Varanus niloticus)
The genus Varanus was coined in 1820 by Blasius Merrem. Six years later Leopold Fitzinger moved the Nile monitor into this genus as Varanus niloticus...
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Desert monitor (redirect from Varanus griseus)
"A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus ( Megalania ) priscus". Proceedings of the...
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"A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) priscus". PNAS. 106 (22): 8969–8974...
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bacteriology of the saliva and gingiva from 16 captive Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis): new implications for the "bacteria as venom" model". Journal of...
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Gray's monitor (redirect from Varanus olivaceus)
Sarmiento, M. (2022). "Varanus olivaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T221496930A195387110. Retrieved 30 May 2023. Varanus olivaceus Hallowell...
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Spiny-tailed monitor (redirect from Varanus acanthurus)
communally. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varanus acanthurus. Shea, G.; Cogger, H. (2018). "Varanus acanthurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species...
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to have measured 6.17 m (20.2 ft) in length. The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the "Komodo monitor", is a large species of lizard...
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