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
Attenborough's fan-throated lizard a unique coastal micro-habitat of sand dunes and spiny grasses. As it is the only area in the region where this habitat type still remains, it is likely endemic to this small area. This makes it highly at risk from threats such as tourism development and fire. Attenborough's fan-throated lizard Attenborough's fan-throated lizard ("Sitana attenboroughii)" is a species of fan-throated lizards in the genus "Sitana" found in coastal Kerala in southern India. This species was described in 2018 and is morphologically close to "Sitana visiri", but has a higher numbers of ventral scales and a comparatively short but richly colored