Part of the Lesser Sundas, this small island gave its name to the world's largest living lizard
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travelplus | Komodo Island  Komodo is part of the Lesser Sunda chain of islands and forms part of the ... a small island in the Lesser Sunda Islands (the main island of which is Flores). ... of countries have carried out field research on the dragons on Komodo Island ... The Komodo dragon, the world's largest living lizard, takes its name from the island.
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Southeastern Asia: Lesser Sundas Islands, Indonesi - World Wildlife ...  The Lesser Sundas Deciduous Forests [AA0201] are found on a string of ... including the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard in the world, and seventeen bird ... The islands represent tertiary and quaternary volcanoes that have coalesced with lava .... 10 percent of the ecoregion area, but most of the protected areas are small,...
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Komodo Island Dragon Explore Tours 1 Full Day - INDONESIA  ... who were exiled to the island and who have mixed with Bugis from Sulawesi. ... Komodo is part of the Lesser Sunda chain of islands and forms part of the ... The Komodo dragon, the world's largest living lizard, takes its name from the island. ... Komodo Island and some of the smaller surrounding islands, as well as part of...
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Komodo (island) - Wikipedia  Komodo is one of the 17,508 islands that compose the Republic of Indonesia. The island is particularly notable as the habitat of the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard on Earth, which is named after the island. Komodo Island has a surface area of 390 square kilometres and a human ... The Komodo dragon, the world's largest living lizard, takes its name from the...
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3D/ 2N KOMODO ADVENTURE, 2 nights on board - ExplorAll  ... a small island in the Lesser Sunda Islands (the main island of which is Flores). ... The Komodo dragon, the world's largest living lizard, takes its name from the island. ... Komodo Island and some of the smaller surrounding islands, as well as part ... On our way back to the boat we will have a short stop at Komodo cafe as to...
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The Gila Monster Had a Killer Reputation | HistoryNet  Jun 3, 2011 ... The shy and slow nocturnal creature, which still inhabits the Gila River valley .... monster: It is one of only a few species of venomous lizards in the world. ... It is North America's largest lizard, reaching up to 2 feet in length and...
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Blue-tongued skink - Wikipedia  Blue-tongued skinks comprise the Australasian genus Tiliqua, which contains some of the largest members of the skink family (Scincidae). They are commonly called blue-tongued lizards or simply blue-tongues in Australia. As suggested by these common names, a prominent characteristic of the genus is a large blue .... Read  Edit  View history...
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Venomous lizards - Venomous, Poisonous, Dangerous, and other ...  a site dedicated to so-called venomous, poisonous, dangerous animals and other ... The Gila Monster is found in southern Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico, .... However, the world's biggest lizard is still threatened by the loss of its habitat, and...
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Komodo National Park - UNESCO World Heritage Centre  Komodo National Park, located in the center of the Indonesian archipelago, between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores, is composed of three major islands (Rinca, ... largest and heaviest of the world's lizards, the species is widely known for its ... A focus on the issue of depletion of Komodo monitor prey species stocks has...
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Amphibian - Facts for Now - Scholastic  These smooth-skinned vertebrates (animals with backbones) called ... Most amphibians spend the early part of their lives in water and the adult part on land. ... The largest amphibian is the Japanese giant salamander, which grows to 5 1/4 feet...
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Komodo dragon - Wikipedia  The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, and Padar. A member of the monitor lizard family Varanidae, it is the largest living ... According to the Guinness Book of World Records, an average adult male...
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Southeastern Asia: Lesser Sundas Islands, Indonesi | Ecoregions ...  The Lesser Sundas Deciduous Forests [AA0201] are found on a string of ... including the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard in the world, and seventeen bird ... It extends east from the islands of Lombok and Sumbawa to Flores and Alor in ... this ecoregion has a tropical dry climate zone (National Geographic Society 1999).
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Gila Monsters, Gila Monster Pictures, Gila Monster Facts - National ...  At a length of up to two feet (0.6 meters) and a maximum weight exceeding five ... the venomous Gila monster (pronounced HEE-luh) is the largest lizard native to ... The Gila monster is one of only a handful of venomous lizards in the world. ... Mexican beaded lizards, as well as iguanas and monitor lizards. ... Animal News.
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Komodo National Park  East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia | Atlas ...  Discover Komodo National Park in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia: A sprawling ... The Komodo dragon is the largest lizard in the world and can grow up to 2-3 meters ... Covering a number of small islands including the largest islands of Komodo, ... Unlike many wildlife parks, Komodo covers four human settlements as well,...
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Monitor lizard - Wikipedia  Monitor lizard is the common name of several large lizard species, comprising the genus Varanus. They are native to Africa, Asia and Oceania, but are now found also in the Americas as an invasive species. .... Due to confusion with the large New World lizards of the family Iguanidae, the lizards became known as "goannas"...
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Fun, Frightening Facts about the World's Largest Lizard, The ...  May 26, 2013 ... Komodo dragons are actually monitor lizards from the Varanidae family, ... As glaciers melted and sea levels rose, island hopping became too ... in the harsh climate of Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands for millions of ... The Dutch colonial government realized the giant monitor lizards were magnificent and...
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J! Archive - Show #3401, aired 1999-05-24  Let me tell ya 'bout these 2 groups of creatures, they're used to explain "The Facts .... 75 tons & 75 feet long, this enormous creature's name means "Arm Lizard"...
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Gila monster revolting creature: The large, venomous lizard of the ...  Apr 26, 2013 ... North America's largest lizard gets the first part of its name from the Gila River, which runs through Arizona and New Mexico. Its habitat is the...
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Lonely Planet on Can I Stream.It?  Traveller Mark Crowdy starts his Indonesian journey in Bali and takes a ferry from the ... of Komodo to see the famous Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard. ..... Here, Justine is invited to eat guinea pig - a great delicacy of Andean cuisine ..... Nearing the end of his trip, Ian flies north to Robinson Crusoe Island, named...
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Komodo Dragon Facts - Live Science  Oct 17, 2014 ... Komodo dragons are the largest living lizards in the world. ... rumors that a dragon-like creature lived on the Indonesian island of Komodo. ... a species of monitor lizard, which are large reptiles found in Africa and across Asia.
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It's the largest island in the Malay Archipelago & the second largest ...  Jun 27, 2016 ... It's the largest island in the Malay Archipelago & the second largest in the world # Quiz # Question. video. 0:28 0 likes, 0 dislikes. No views.