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Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Ouwens, P. A. On a large Varanus species from the island of Komodo.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Varanidae
genus
Varanus
species
Varanus komodoensis

Name

Homonyms
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912
Common names
Biawak Komodo in Indonesian
Biawak raksasa in language.
Buaya darat in language.
Drago di Komodo in Italian
Dragon de Komodo in French
Dragon des Komodos in French
Dragão-de-komodo in Portuguese
Jättiläisvaraani in Finnish
Komoda varano in Esperanto
Komodho in Javanese
Komodo in Indonesian
Komodo Dragon in English
Komodo Dragon in English
Komodo Dragon in English
Komodo Island Monitor in English
Komodo Island Monitor in English
Komodo Monitor in English
Komodo Monitor in English
Komodo dragon in English
Komodo ejderi in Turkish
Komodo varanas in Lithuanian
Komodo zmaj in Serbian
Komodo-draak in Afrikaans
Komododrache in German
Komodonvaraani in Finnish
Komodovaraan in Dutch
Komodovaran in Danish
Komodowaran in German
Komodowaran in German
Komodski varan in Croatian
Ora in English
Varan de Komodo in French
Varano de Komodo in Spanish
Varano di Komodo in Italian
Waran z Komodo in Polish
crocodilo-da-terra in Portuguese
dragón de komodo in language.
komodoški varan in Slovenian
komodói varánusz in Hungarian
varan komodský in Czech
Δράκος του Κομόντο in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Варан камодскі in Belarusian
Варан комодський in Ukrainian
Гигантский индонезийский варан in Russian
Комодосский варан in Russian
Комодски варан in Bulgarian
Комодский варан in Russian
Ора in Russian
דרקון קומודו in Hebrew
العظاية التنين in Arabic

Bibliographic References

  1. Bennett, D., 1995: null. A Little Book of Monitor Lizards: A Guide to the Monitor Lizards of the World and their Care in Captivity.
  2. Mertens, R., 1942: null. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. Abhandlung 466.
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