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
Island night lizard islands and partnering between the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the US Navy. The island night lizard's preferred habitat is coastal scrub made up of dense boxthorn and cacti thickets. Like other night lizards, the island night lizard bears live young rather than laying eggs. The island night lizard is much larger than another species in the genus "Xantusia", the desert night lizard ("Xantusia vigilis") of southern California. Island night lizards are typically between in length, not including the tail. They typically live between 11 and 13 years, but some individuals are estimated to have lived 30 years or