Komodo Dragon, Komodo Island Monitor (Varanus komodoensis)

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Subject:	Komodo Dragon, Komodo Island Monitor (Varanus komodoensis)

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Komodo Dragon, Komodo Island Monitor (Varanus komodoensis)

Captured from a WONDERFUL MULTIMEDIA CD-ROM title,
"Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Nature",
Dorling Kindersley Multimedia, 1995

Komodo Dragon
Loose folded skin
Long claws
THIS FEROCIOUS animal is the world's largest lizard. A heavy but fast-moving predator, it has powerful legs and sharp claws that it uses to bring down its prey. Komodo dragons have become fairly rare: they are found only on certain islands in Indonesia.

Dorling Kindersly Multimedia
(reviewed by Univ. of Texsas Library)
http://volvo.gslis.utexas.edu/~reviews/dkmm.html

For more images captured from the CD-ROM title,
http://bioinfo.kordic.re.kr/animal/APAsrch2.cgi?qt=DKMMNature-

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