V. komodoensis
Komodo dragon
Ora
Ditribution: Sonda Islands (Komodo, Rintja, Gillimontang, Padar, Flores), Indonesia.
CITES:appendix I.
Easy-to-see descriptors
- transversal section of the tail : laterally compressed
- spiny tail : absence
- tail with median double-keel : presence
- bicoloured tail : absence
- position of nostrils between eyes and tip of snout : nearer the tip of snout than the eyes
- nostrils' form : oval or split-like
- tongue coloration : light pink or whitish
- prehensile tail : absence
- nuchal scales : same size than head scales ; bigger than head scales
- form of the snout : rectangular
- pale band on the snout : absence
- relief of nuchal scales : conical relief
Expert descriptors
- direction of nostrils : dorso-laterally directed
- other head scales : not applicable
- supra-ocular scales : no specific pattern or scales of head homogenous in size
- SVL - snout vent length : up to 40 centimeters ; 40 centimeters and more
- scale count around midbody : ?
- Origin of the specimen : Asia and austral isles