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Varanus salvadorii
Crocodile monitor or Monitor lezard (captive animal)
New Guinea
This specimen was pictured in Amnéville zoo (France)
Very nice photograph of this beautiful monitor! You might change the range (under habitat) to New Guinea (the large island) from Papua New Guinea which only refers to the independent country comprising the eastern half of the island.
I agree with Nopayahnah - this is a fantastic portrait. However, a Komodo dragon, it is not. :-)
Your description says it was in a zoo in France and the map shows Indonesia, so perhaps you could change the map. It could also be added to the mission Captive animals. It is a great portrait!
Welcome to Project Noah, Thierry!
I've added two reference links to your spotting, one to Encyclopedia of Life, and one to Wikipedia.
Also, I have changed positions between the words "lizard" and "komodo dragon", because the first text field is used to add the common name of the species, in this case, Komodo dragon. And the word lizard can be part of the "Description". You can edit this on your other spottings by clicking "Edit this spotting" at the top of every spotting page.
If you have any question, let us know :)
Spotted on May 1, 2011
Submitted on May 1, 2012
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