Komodo dragon (English Wikipedia)

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Hocknull SA, Piper PJ, van den Bergh GD, Due RA, Morwood MJ, Kurniawan I (2009). "Dragon's Paradise Lost: Palaeobiogeography, Evolution and Extinction of the Largest-Ever Terrestrial Lizards (Varanidae)". PLOS ONE. 4 (9): e7241. Bibcode:2009PLoSO...4.7241H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007241. PMC 2748693. PMID 19789642.
Jessop, Tim; Ariefiandy, Achmad; Azmi, Muhammad; Ciofi, Claudio; Imansyah, Jeri & Purwandana, Deni (2021). "Varanus komodoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22884A123633058. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T22884A123633058.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Ardiantinono; Jessop, Tim S.; Purwandana, Deni; Ciofi, Claudio; Imansyah, M. Jeri; Pangur, Maria R.; Ariefiandy, Achmad (30 July 2018). "Effects of human activities on Komodo dragons in Komodo National Park". Biodiversity and Conservation. 27 (13): 3329–3347. Bibcode:2018BiCon..27.3329A. doi:10.1007/s10531-018-1601-3.
Ciofi, Claudio (March 1999). "The Komodo Dragon". Scientific American. 280 (3): 84–91. Bibcode:1999SciAm.280c..84C. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0399-84.
Procter, J. B. (1928). "On a living Komodo dragon Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, exhibited at the Scientific Meeting, October 23rd, 1928". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 98 (4): 1017–19. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1928.tb07181.x.
Vidal, N.; Marin, J.; Sassi, J.; Battistuzzi, F.U.; Donnellan, S.; Fitch, A.J.; et al. (2012). "Molecular evidence for an Asian origin of monitor lizards followed by Tertiary dispersals to Africa and Australasia". Biology Letters. 8 (5): 853–855. Bibcode:2012BiLet...8..853V. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0460. PMC 3441001. PMID 22809723.
Fitch AJ, Goodman AE, Donnellan SC (2006). "A molecular phylogeny of the Australian monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences". Australian Journal of Zoology. 54 (4): 253–269. doi:10.1071/ZO05038.
Ast, Jennifer C. (2001). "Mitochondrial DNA evidence and evolution in Varanoidea (Squamata)" (PDF). Cladistics. 17 (3): 211–226. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2001.tb00118.x. hdl:2027.42/72302. PMID 34911248. S2CID 53623809.; Ast, J.C. "erratum". Cladistics. 18 (1): 125. doi:10.1006/clad.2002.0198.
Pavón-Vázquez, Carlos J.; Brennan, Ian G.; Keogh, J. Scott (2021). "A Comprehensive Approach to Detect Hybridization Sheds Light on the Evolution of Earth's Largest Lizards". Systematic Biology. 70 (5): 877–890. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa102. PMID 33512509.
Price, Gilbert J.; Louys, Julien; Cramb, Jonathan; Feng, Yue-xing; Zhao, Jian-xin; Hocknull, Scott A.; Webb, Gregory E.; Nguyen, Ai Duc; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud (October 2015). "Temporal overlap of humans and giant lizards (Varanidae; Squamata) in Pleistocene Australia". Quaternary Science Reviews. 125: 98–105. Bibcode:2015QSRv..125...98P. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.08.013.
van den Bergh, Gerrit D.; Alloway, Brent V.; Storey, Michael; Setiawan, Ruly; Yurnaldi, Dida; Kurniawan, Iwan; Moore, Mark W.; Jatmiko; Brumm, Adam; Flude, Stephanie; Sutikna, Thomas; Setiyabudi, Erick; Prasetyo, Unggul W.; Puspaningrum, Mika R.; Yoga, Ifan (October 2022). "An integrative geochronological framework for the Pleistocene So'a basin (Flores, Indonesia), and its implications for faunal turnover and hominin arrival". Quaternary Science Reviews. 294 107721. Bibcode:2022QSRv..29407721V. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107721. hdl:10072/418777. S2CID 252290750.
Jessop, T.; Madsen, T.; Ciofi, C.; Jeriimansyah, M.; Purwandana, D.; Rudiharto, H.; Arifiandy, A.; Phillips, J. (2007). "Island differences in population size structure and catch per unit effort and their conservation implications for Komodo dragons". Biological Conservation. 135 (2): 247–255. Bibcode:2007BCons.135..247J. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.025.
D’Amore, D. C., Moreno, K., McHenry, C. R., & Wroe, S. (2011). The effects of biting and pulling on the forces generated during feeding in the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). PloS One, 6(10), e26226–e26226. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026226
LeBlanc, Aaron R. H.; Morrell, Alexander P.; Sirovica, Slobodan; Al-Jawad, Maisoon; Labonte, David; D’Amore, Domenic C.; Clemente, Christofer; Wang, Siyang; Giuliani, Finn; McGilvery, Catriona M.; Pittman, Michael; Kaye, Thomas G.; Stevenson, Colin; Capon, Joe; Tapley, Benjamin (24 July 2024). "Iron-coated Komodo dragon teeth and the complex dental enamel of carnivorous reptiles". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8 (9): 1711–1722. Bibcode:2024NatEE...8.1711L. doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02477-7. ISSN 2397-334X. PMC 11383799. PMID 39048730.
Maho, Tea; Reisz, Robert R. (7 February 2024). "Exceptionally rapid tooth development and ontogenetic changes in the feeding apparatus of the Komodo dragon". PLOS ONE. 19 (2): e0295002. Bibcode:2024PLoSO..1995002M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0295002. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 10849390. PMID 38324523.
Maho, Tea; Reisz, Robert R. (7 February 2024). "Exceptionally rapid tooth development and ontogenetic changes in the feeding apparatus of the Komodo dragon". PLOS ONE. 19 (2): e0295002. Bibcode:2024PLoSO..1995002M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0295002. PMC 10849390. PMID 38324523.
Laver RJ, Purwandana D, Ariefiandy A, Imansyah J, Forsyth D, et al. (2012) Life-History and Spatial Determinants of Somatic Growth Dynamics in Komodo Dragon Populations. PLOS ONE 7(9): e45398. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045398
Bull, J. J.; Jessop, Tim S.; Whiteley, Marvin (21 June 2010). "Deathly Drool: Evolutionary and Ecological Basis of Septic Bacteria in Komodo Dragon Mouths". PLOS ONE. 5 (6): e11097. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...511097B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011097. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 2888571. PMID 20574514.
Purwandana, Deni; Ariefiandy, Achmad; Imansyah, M. Jeri; Seno, Aganto; Ciofi, Claudio; Letnic, Mike; Jessop, Tim S. (April 2016). "Ecological allometries and niche use dynamics across Komodo dragon ontogeny". The Science of Nature. 103 (3–4): 27. Bibcode:2016SciNa.103...27P. doi:10.1007/s00114-016-1351-6. ISSN 0028-1042. PMID 26936625. S2CID 16570624.
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Montgomery, JM; Gillespie, D; Sastrawan, P; Fredeking, TM; Stewart, GL (2002). "Aerobic salivary bacteria in wild and captive Komodo dragons" (PDF). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 38 (3): 545–51. doi:10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.545. PMID 12238371. S2CID 9670009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2007.
D’Amore, D. C., Moreno, K., McHenry, C. R., & Wroe, S. (2011). The effects of biting and pulling on the forces generated during feeding in the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). PloS One, 6(10), e26226–e26226. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026226
Goldstein, Ellie J. C.; Tyrrell, Kerin L.; Citron, Diane M.; Cox, Cathleen R.; Recchio, Ian M.; Okimoto, Ben; Bryja, Judith; Fry, Bryan G. (June 2013). "Anaerobic and aerobic bacteriology of the saliva and gingiva from 16 captive Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis): new implications for the "bacteria as venom" model". Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 44 (2): 262–272. doi:10.1638/2012-0022R.1. ISSN 1042-7260. PMID 23805543. S2CID 9932073.
Chung, Ezra M. C.; Dean, Scott N.; Propst, Crystal N.; Bishop, Barney M.; van Hoek, Monique L. (11 April 2017). "Komodo dragon-inspired synthetic peptide DRGN-1 promotes wound-healing of a mixed-biofilm infected wound". npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 3 (1): 9. doi:10.1038/s41522-017-0017-2. ISSN 2055-5008. PMC 5445593. PMID 28649410.
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Friedman, Nathan A; Seltzer, Justin A; Winkler, Garret A; Noste, Erin; Montilla, Henry; Clark, Richard F. (February 2023). "Crouching Zookeeper, Hidden Dragon: A Case of a Komodo Dragon Bite". The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 64 (2): 186–189. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2022.12.001. PMID 36813645.
Jessop, Tim S.; Sumner, Joanna; Rudiharto, Heru; Purwandana, Deni; Imansyah, M.Jeri; Phillips, John A. (2004). "Distribution, use and selection of nest type by Komodo dragons" (PDF). Biological Conservation. 117 (5): 463. Bibcode:2004BCons.117..463J. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2003.08.005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2011.
Jessop, Tim S.; Sumner, Joanna; Rudiharto, Heru; Purwandana, Deni; Imansyah, M. Jeri; Phillips, John A. (2004). "Distribution, use and selection of nest type by Komodo Dragons". Biological Conservation. 117 (5): 463–470. Bibcode:2004BCons.117..463J. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2003.08.005.
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Jones, Alice R.; Jessop, Tim S.; Ariefiandy, Achmad; Brook, Barry W.; Brown, Stuart C.; Ciofi, Claudio; Benu, Yunias Jackson; Purwandana, Deni; Sitorus, Tamen; Wigley, Tom M. L.; Fordham, Damien A. (October 2020). "Identifying island safe havens to prevent the extinction of the World's largest lizard from global warming". Ecology and Evolution. 10 (19): 10492–10507. Bibcode:2020EcoEv..1010492J. doi:10.1002/ece3.6705. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 7548163. PMID 33072275.
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Procter, J.B. (October 1928). "On a living Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, exhibited at the Scientific Meeting". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 98 (4): 1017–19. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1928.tb07181.x.
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Price, Gilbert J.; Louys, Julien; Cramb, Jonathan; Feng, Yue-xing; Zhao, Jian-xin; Hocknull, Scott A.; Webb, Gregory E.; Nguyen, Ai Duc; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud (October 2015). "Temporal overlap of humans and giant lizards (Varanidae; Squamata) in Pleistocene Australia". Quaternary Science Reviews. 125: 98–105. Bibcode:2015QSRv..125...98P. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.08.013.
van den Bergh, Gerrit D.; Alloway, Brent V.; Storey, Michael; Setiawan, Ruly; Yurnaldi, Dida; Kurniawan, Iwan; Moore, Mark W.; Jatmiko; Brumm, Adam; Flude, Stephanie; Sutikna, Thomas; Setiyabudi, Erick; Prasetyo, Unggul W.; Puspaningrum, Mika R.; Yoga, Ifan (October 2022). "An integrative geochronological framework for the Pleistocene So'a basin (Flores, Indonesia), and its implications for faunal turnover and hominin arrival". Quaternary Science Reviews. 294 107721. Bibcode:2022QSRv..29407721V. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107721. hdl:10072/418777. S2CID 252290750.
Friedman, Nathan A; Seltzer, Justin A; Winkler, Garret A; Noste, Erin; Montilla, Henry; Clark, Richard F. (February 2023). "Crouching Zookeeper, Hidden Dragon: A Case of a Komodo Dragon Bite". The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 64 (2): 186–189. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2022.12.001. PMID 36813645.

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Ast, Jennifer C. (2001). "Mitochondrial DNA evidence and evolution in Varanoidea (Squamata)" (PDF). Cladistics. 17 (3): 211–226. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2001.tb00118.x. hdl:2027.42/72302. PMID 34911248. S2CID 53623809.; Ast, J.C. "erratum". Cladistics. 18 (1): 125. doi:10.1006/clad.2002.0198.
van den Bergh, Gerrit D.; Alloway, Brent V.; Storey, Michael; Setiawan, Ruly; Yurnaldi, Dida; Kurniawan, Iwan; Moore, Mark W.; Jatmiko; Brumm, Adam; Flude, Stephanie; Sutikna, Thomas; Setiyabudi, Erick; Prasetyo, Unggul W.; Puspaningrum, Mika R.; Yoga, Ifan (October 2022). "An integrative geochronological framework for the Pleistocene So'a basin (Flores, Indonesia), and its implications for faunal turnover and hominin arrival". Quaternary Science Reviews. 294 107721. Bibcode:2022QSRv..29407721V. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107721. hdl:10072/418777. S2CID 252290750.

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Hocknull SA, Piper PJ, van den Bergh GD, Due RA, Morwood MJ, Kurniawan I (2009). "Dragon's Paradise Lost: Palaeobiogeography, Evolution and Extinction of the Largest-Ever Terrestrial Lizards (Varanidae)". PLOS ONE. 4 (9): e7241. Bibcode:2009PLoSO...4.7241H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007241. PMC 2748693. PMID 19789642.
Ardiantinono; Jessop, Tim S.; Purwandana, Deni; Ciofi, Claudio; Imansyah, M. Jeri; Pangur, Maria R.; Ariefiandy, Achmad (30 July 2018). "Effects of human activities on Komodo dragons in Komodo National Park". Biodiversity and Conservation. 27 (13): 3329–3347. Bibcode:2018BiCon..27.3329A. doi:10.1007/s10531-018-1601-3.
Ciofi, Claudio (March 1999). "The Komodo Dragon". Scientific American. 280 (3): 84–91. Bibcode:1999SciAm.280c..84C. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0399-84.
Vidal, N.; Marin, J.; Sassi, J.; Battistuzzi, F.U.; Donnellan, S.; Fitch, A.J.; et al. (2012). "Molecular evidence for an Asian origin of monitor lizards followed by Tertiary dispersals to Africa and Australasia". Biology Letters. 8 (5): 853–855. Bibcode:2012BiLet...8..853V. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0460. PMC 3441001. PMID 22809723.
Price, Gilbert J.; Louys, Julien; Cramb, Jonathan; Feng, Yue-xing; Zhao, Jian-xin; Hocknull, Scott A.; Webb, Gregory E.; Nguyen, Ai Duc; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud (October 2015). "Temporal overlap of humans and giant lizards (Varanidae; Squamata) in Pleistocene Australia". Quaternary Science Reviews. 125: 98–105. Bibcode:2015QSRv..125...98P. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.08.013.
van den Bergh, Gerrit D.; Alloway, Brent V.; Storey, Michael; Setiawan, Ruly; Yurnaldi, Dida; Kurniawan, Iwan; Moore, Mark W.; Jatmiko; Brumm, Adam; Flude, Stephanie; Sutikna, Thomas; Setiyabudi, Erick; Prasetyo, Unggul W.; Puspaningrum, Mika R.; Yoga, Ifan (October 2022). "An integrative geochronological framework for the Pleistocene So'a basin (Flores, Indonesia), and its implications for faunal turnover and hominin arrival". Quaternary Science Reviews. 294 107721. Bibcode:2022QSRv..29407721V. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107721. hdl:10072/418777. S2CID 252290750.
Jessop, T.; Madsen, T.; Ciofi, C.; Jeriimansyah, M.; Purwandana, D.; Rudiharto, H.; Arifiandy, A.; Phillips, J. (2007). "Island differences in population size structure and catch per unit effort and their conservation implications for Komodo dragons". Biological Conservation. 135 (2): 247–255. Bibcode:2007BCons.135..247J. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.025.
LeBlanc, Aaron R. H.; Morrell, Alexander P.; Sirovica, Slobodan; Al-Jawad, Maisoon; Labonte, David; D’Amore, Domenic C.; Clemente, Christofer; Wang, Siyang; Giuliani, Finn; McGilvery, Catriona M.; Pittman, Michael; Kaye, Thomas G.; Stevenson, Colin; Capon, Joe; Tapley, Benjamin (24 July 2024). "Iron-coated Komodo dragon teeth and the complex dental enamel of carnivorous reptiles". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8 (9): 1711–1722. Bibcode:2024NatEE...8.1711L. doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02477-7. ISSN 2397-334X. PMC 11383799. PMID 39048730.
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