Strange & Unknown

Sabine Heine, Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig
20.07.2009 13:15

(Bonn, 20.07.09) A new monitor lizard species has been discovered on the Talaud Islands in Indonesia by German scientist André Koch from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK) in Bonn, during the course of a joint German-Indonesian research project. The new species was identified by using morphological characteristics and DNA analysis. Varanus lirungensis was described in the latest issue of the renowned Australian Journal of Zoology.

“The finding of Varanus lirungensis is very important ...

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