Komodo draigon
Appearance
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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 |
TheKomodo draigon[4](Varanus komodoensis), kent as theKomodo monitoran aw, is a lairge species olizardfoond in theIndonesieislands oKomodo,Rinca,Flores,Gili Motang,an Padar.[5]A member o themonitor lizardfaimilyVaranidae,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]
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑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.PMC2748693.PMID19789642.
- ↑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.Retrieved27 August2016.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.Retrieved19 Juin2007.
- ↑abCiofi, Claudio (2004).Varanus komodoensis.Varanoid Lizards of the World.Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. pp.197–204.ISBN0-253-34366-6.
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