Komodo (island) and Botanical Gardens in Bogor, Java. The records that Ouwens made are the first reliable documentation of details about what is now called the Komodo dragon (or Komodo monitor). Ouwens was keen to obtain additional samples. He recruited hunters who killed two dragons measuring 3.1 metres and 3.35 metres as well as capturing two pups, each measuring less than one metre. Ouwens carried out studies on the samples and concluded that the Komodo dragon was not a flame-thrower but was a type of monitor lizard. Research results were published in 1912. Ouwens named the giant lizard "Varanus komodoensis". Realizing the
Greek rock lizard will in some cases spit acid at other animals that annoy it. The chief threats faced by the Greek rock lizard are fires and the planting of "Eucalyptus" trees in place of the natural vegetation of the region. Although the lizard is quite common in places, its total area of occupancy is only around and as the amount of suitable habitat is reduced, its numbers are decreasing. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed it as being "near threatened" and bordering on "vulnerable. Greek rock lizard The Greek rock lizard ("Hellenolacerta graeca") is a species of lizard in