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Long lost monitor lizard 're-discovered' on Papua New Guinean island
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Earliest known Reptile To Shed Tail To Escape Was A Tiny Lizard 289 Million Years Ago
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Lazarus taxon - Wikipedia
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River shark and blue goanna among 1000 new species discovered in New Guinea
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Monitor Lizard Animal Facts - AZ Animals
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Varanus douarrha: Researchers Rediscover Species long lost from Varano.
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Research reveals swaths of Asia inhabited by surprisingly related 'Lizards of the Lost Arcs
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Monitor - International Varanid Interest Group
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Mark O'Shea - The Official Website
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Species New to Science: [Herpetology • 2016] Varanus semotus • A New Blue-tailed Monitor Lizard (Squamata, Varanus) of the Varanus indicus group from Mussau Island, Papua New Guinea
Is a Komodo dragon the same as a monitor lizard? - Quora
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Varanus douarrha: Researchers Rediscover Species long lost from Varano.
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PDF) The Kei Islands Monitor Lizard (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus: Euprepiosaurus) as a Distinct Morphological, Taxonomic, and Conservation Unit
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Long lost monitor lizard 're-discovered' on Papua New Guinean island