Tongue Twister
Female Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) named Ratu (Queen in Indonesian). She is one of two dragons in the newly opened Komodo Kingdom. Also known as the Komodo monitor, these 'dragons' are the largest extand species of lizard.
Monitors lizards have a deeply forked tongue like that of a snake. There is a sensitive receptor organ on the roof of the mouth, also like that of snakes.
San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: Vulnerable
Tongue Twister
Female Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) named Ratu (Queen in Indonesian). She is one of two dragons in the newly opened Komodo Kingdom. Also known as the Komodo monitor, these 'dragons' are the largest extand species of lizard.
Monitors lizards have a deeply forked tongue like that of a snake. There is a sensitive receptor organ on the roof of the mouth, also like that of snakes.
San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: Vulnerable