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«Girls will be boys: Sex reversal in dragon lizards.»
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A Komodo dragon — the largest lizard in the world, and among the most lethal — is coming to the Buffalo Zoo.
The world's largest lizard, Komodo dragons live on five small islands in Indonesia.
Humans and Komodo dragons, the largest lizards in the world, could not be more different.
During their new study, the researchers from UNIGE and SIB also investigated the bearded dragon, a species of lizard that comes in three variants.
Elsewhere in the Indonesian archipelago, a similar array of pressures conspired to produce huge lizards like the Komodo dragons, giant rats, and tiny elephants.
Biologists have known that some lizards can engage in parthenogenesis, but nonetheless seeing it among Komodo dragons surprised zookeepers.
Although most Komodo dragons in the wild continue to reproduce sexually, this giant lizard is one of a growing number of vertebrates that reproduce parthenogenetically in captivity.
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Sailfin lizards from Sulawesi in Indonesia were originally grouped with the species from New Guinea more than 140 years ago, but the genetic survey suggests that Sulawesi dragons are a separate lineage, the team reports in the January issue of Biological Conservation.
Bearded dragon lizards are an unusual case because chromosome combinations and temperature are known to influence sex determination, says ecologist Clare Holleley of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Canberra, Australia (SN: 7/25/15, p. 7).
«This story is similar to the story of the woodlizards (Enyalioides), a group of dragon - like lizards with more than half of its species discovered in recent years in the tropical Andes,» the scientist reminisces.
«Komodo dragons are the largest living lizards and are the apex predators in their environs,» said George Mason University researcher Barney Bishop and co-authors.
A team of researchers at the College of Science at George Mason University has detected 48 antimicrobial peptides in the blood plasma of Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis), the largest living lizards.
In the second to last photo, I'm wearing the newest addition to my ring family: a lizard - dragon ring!
Komodo bonds, rupiah - denominated global bonds issued in Indonesia, «The Komodo dragon is a very large species of lizards found in eastern Indonesia.»
That said, the list of lizards that are attractive, hardy, handleable and durable tends to be short and includes the most popular lizards in the trade: bearded dragons, leopard geckos and crested geckos.
«Green iguanas and some species of chameleons are different kinds of lizards commonly seen in the pet trade; also popular in the pet trade are bearded dragons, leopard geckos, crested geckos, blue - tongued skinks, monitor lizards and Chinese water dragons to name a few,» she explains.
One of the most basic in housing yet being ignored is the setting up reptile lizard cage for your bearded dragon first before you bringing them home.
Some species of lizards, such as similarly - sized bearded dragons, may do well in groups, while others, such as chameleons, should be housed individually.
Unlike some lizards, bearded dragons can live in groups.
She lives in Washington DC with her husband, their son and daughter, their rambunctious dogs Papi (Dr. Nelson's co-host on «The Pet Show»), an incredibly lovable Labradoodle, Eddie Underbite, a Shih Tzu / Poodle mix obtained through Mutts Matter Rescue and Petfinder.com, and The Lizard of Oz, a bearded dragon rescued through the Fairfax County Animal Shelter.
Here at the Exotic Animal Hospital of Orlando we offer a variety of services in order to prevent diseases in your pet lizard (bearded dragon, leopard gecko, green iguana, uromastyx, Chinese water dragon, monitors, geckos, skinks, etc).
When customers who are new to the hobby come in wanting one, I always recommend that they introduce themselves to lizard keeping with something relatively durable like a leopard gecko or bearded dragon.
The Komodo National Park is formed by three major islands (Komodo, Rinca and Padar), and is known worldwide for being the home of the celebrated Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), the largest lizard in the world.
Bintang Flores Hotel in Labuan Bajo is the right choice to start exploring the island of Flores and the islands nearby including a visit to Rinca island, the home of world's giant lizard Komodo dragon.
It finds our hero cursed by a dragon, forced to live in the form of a Lizard - Man (and new additional forms) until he can break the curse by defeating all of the other dragons in the land.
If snakes, lizards, skinks, and reptiles in general give you the creeps, then we've got seven reasons to give them another chance: From tiny turtles to massive dragons, these endangered reptiles have one - of - a-kind personalities, camouflage techniques, and coloring that make them different from your average creepy - crawly.
If snakes, lizards, skinks, and reptiles in general give you the creeps, then we've got seven reasons to give them another chance: From tiny turtles to massive dragons, these endangered reptiles
The genus Dracaena (romanized form of the Ancient Greek δράκαινα - drakaina, «female dragon» [1]-RRB-, also called Caiman Lizards or water tegu, is in the teiid family, along with tegus and ameivas.
In the lizard world, vulnerable creatures that they are, there's the flying dragon, thorny devil, whiptail, Jaragua sphaero, chuckwalla, and so on... all of them possess quite novel approaches to survival, such as the side - flap that gives the flying dragon its namesake, or the thorny devil with a mouth so wide it can consume thousands of ants in a single sittinIn the lizard world, vulnerable creatures that they are, there's the flying dragon, thorny devil, whiptail, Jaragua sphaero, chuckwalla, and so on... all of them possess quite novel approaches to survival, such as the side - flap that gives the flying dragon its namesake, or the thorny devil with a mouth so wide it can consume thousands of ants in a single sittinin a single sitting.