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
Bolsón night lizard Bolsón night lizard The Bolsón night lizard ("Xantusia bolsonae") is a species of night lizard described by Webb in 1970. It is endemic to the state of Durango in Mexico. Not much is known about the lizard at present, as it appears to be simultaneously rare and rather secretive in nature. The Bolsón night lizard is predictably small, due to its behaviour and habitat. They tend to be around 6 centimetres in bodily length, with a similar tail length proportionate to body size. The body is primarily covered by scales, totalling 50 in the dorsal region, featuring leopard print markings