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http://www.varanidae.org/Varanids/Varanids_1_2.pdf
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Reptiles and Amphibians of the Trans-Fly Region, New Guinea
All varanids are important to the pet trade and most are actively hunted for their skins (used for making drums) and for meat. Inasmuch as varanids are covered by CITES (Appendix 3 ...
http://www.bishopmuseum.org/research/pbs/pdf/trans-fly-r.pdf
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Fauna of Australia 2A - Reptilia - Squamata - Varanidae
Varanids can chase prey over long distances (Bennett 1973a). As the size of the species of varanid increases, the range in size of the prey species broadens (Losos & Greene 1988 ...
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/publications/fauna-of-australia/pubs/volume2a/30-fauna-2a-squamata-varan...
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Introduction
At the Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas it has been observed that the males of several iguanids, in a mixed habitat of varanids and iguanids, bobbed and defended territories when kept ...
http://www.reptileuvinfo.com/docs/moehn-study.pdf
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Untitled Document [www.bio.usyd.edu.au]
Large varanids are particularly well adapted to a scavenging role (Teaford et al. 2000), and results of the only relevant study performed to date suggest that in Australia carrion may ...
http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/staff/swroe/Wroe2002review.pdf
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Varanids_1-1
Microsoft Word - Varanids_1-1.doc
http://www.varanidae.org/Varanids/Varanids_1-1.pdf
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Contribution of Gular Pumping to Lung Ventilation in Monitor Lizards
Evidence presented here shows that, during locomotion, varanids use a positive pressure gular pump to assist lung ventilation. Disabling the gular pump reveals that the axial ...
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/EEB/brainerd_lab/pdf/Brainerd-1999-Science.pdf
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Dumeril's monitors (Varanus dumerilii) hail from Southeast Asia. This ...
Mark K. Bayless is a herpetoculturist who has been working with varanids for nearly 20 years. Ben Aller is also a herpetoculturist, working with Southeast Asian varanids and ...
http://roughneckmonitors.com/dum_March04sm[1].pdf
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The Beaded Lizard is one of only two venomous lizards in the world ...
Where many varanids (monitor lizards) eat almost daily, the beaded lizard can survive on one meal for several weeks even months if need be, by storing fat in its tail.
http://www.helodermahorridum.com/article.pdf
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VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW DYNAMICS IN THE LIZARD, VARANUS NILOTICUS ...
The presently obtained data on Varanus niloticus yield resistance ratios for varanids far higher than for other reptiles studied, with values during normal breathing between 4-0 and 6-o ...
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/60/3/871.pdf
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