Published On: 4-06-2010
Source: Discovery News
THE GIST:
A large, colorful, "secretive" monitor lizard has been found in the Philippines.
The Komodo dragon relative may have been elusive, in part, because it rarely leaves trees.
Many more new species may be found in northern Philippine forests.
A "spectacular" new species of giant, secretive, colorful and fruit-eating monitor lizard has been found in a Philippine forest, according to a new study.
The reptile, named the Northern Sierra Madre Forest Monitor Lizard, is 6 feet long, around 22 pounds and brightly colored yellow and black. It is in the same family as the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard.
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Source: Discovery News
THE GIST:
A large, colorful, "secretive" monitor lizard has been found in the Philippines.
The Komodo dragon relative may have been elusive, in part, because it rarely leaves trees.
Many more new species may be found in northern Philippine forests.
A "spectacular" new species of giant, secretive, colorful and fruit-eating monitor lizard has been found in a Philippine forest, according to a new study.
The reptile, named the Northern Sierra Madre Forest Monitor Lizard, is 6 feet long, around 22 pounds and brightly colored yellow and black. It is in the same family as the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard.
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