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
Isthmian alligator lizard Isthmian alligator lizard The isthmian alligator lizard ("Gerrhonotus rhombifer") is a species of lizard of the Anguidae family. "G. rhombifer" is found in both Costa Rica and Panama. Unlike many lizards near its habitat, individuals have lateral folds. They give birth to live young. "Gerrhonotus rhombifer" had not been seen for fifty years, prior to being rediscovered in 2000 near Golfito, and is one of the rarest species of lizard in Costa Rica. "G. rhombifer" is a broad-headed, long-bodied lizard, which is similar to "Diploglossus monotropis". An adult measures from in total length, with the tail making up approximately two-thirds