Komodo draigon
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The Komodo draigon[4] (Varanus komodoensis), kent as the Komodo monitor an aw, is a lairge species o lizard foond in the Indonesie islands o Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, an Padar.[5] A member o the monitor lizard faimily Varanidae, it is the lairgest livin species o lizard, growin tae a maximum lenth o 3 metre (10 ft) in rare cases an wechin up tae approximately 70 kilogram (150 lb).[5]
Komodo draigon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Squamata |
Faimily: | Varanidae |
Genus: | Varanus |
Subgenus: | Varanus |
Species: | V. komodoensis |
Binomial name | |
Varanus komodoensis | |
Komodo draigon distribution |
References
eedit- ↑ Hocknull SA, Piper PJ, van den Bergh GD, Due RA, Morwood MJ, Kurniawan I (2009). "Dragon's Paradise Lost: Palaeobiogeography, Evolution and Extinction of the Largest-Ever Terrestrial Lizards (Varanidae)". PLoS ONE. 4 (9): e7241. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007241. PMC 2748693. PMID 19789642.
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Varanus komodoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T22884A9396736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22884A9396736.en. Retrieved 27 August 2016.CS1 maint: uises authors parameter (link)
- ↑ Ouwens, P.A. (1912). "On a large Varanus species from the island of Komodo". Bull. Jard. Bot. Buit. 2 (6): 1–3.
- ↑ "Varanus komodoensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 Juin 2007.
- ↑ a b Ciofi, Claudio (2004). Varanus komodoensis. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. pp. 197–204. ISBN 0-253-34366-6.
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