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Komodo draigon ( Scots )

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The Komodo draigon[4] (Varanus komodoensis), an aa kent as the Komodo monitor, 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 metres (10 ft) in rare cases an wechin up tae approximately 70 kilograms (150 lb).[5]

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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)
  3. Ouwens, P.A. (1912). "On a large Varanus species from the island of Komodo". Bull. Jard. Bot. Buit. 2 (6): 1–3.
  4. "Varanus komodoensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
  5. 5.0 5.1 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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Komodo draigon: Brief Summary ( Scots )

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The Komodo draigon (Varanus komodoensis), an aa kent as the Komodo monitor, is a lairge species o lizard foond in the Indonesie islands o Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, an Padar. A member o the monitor lizard faimily Varanidae, it is the lairgest livin species o lizard, growin tae a maximum lenth o 3 metres (10 ft) in rare cases an wechin up tae approximately 70 kilograms (150 lb).

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