Monitor Lizard

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Million-year-old Lizard Species Discovered on Remote Pacific Island

Exciting news! A new species of lizard was discovered on the remote Mussau Island in the Pacific Ocean. Because they are isolated, islands are conducive to speciation, which leads to fascinating organisms–like this lizard–and high biodiversity. Described as a ‘biological oddity’, researchers from the University of Turku in Finland say the lizard, named Varanus semotus, […]

Written by on March 14, 2016