Varanus sivalensis explained

Varanus sivalensis, also known as the Indian Dragon, is a species of monitor lizard that originally lived in India in the Pinjor Formation during the Pliocene through the early Pleistocene.[1] As its name implies, it was broadly comparable in size to the extant Komodo Dragon.

Notes and References

  1. Hocknull . Scott . Piper . Philip . Van den Bergh . Gert . Due . Rokus . Morwood . Michael . Kurniawan . Iwan . 2009 . Dragon's Paradise Lost: Palaeobiogeography, Evolution and Extinction of the Largest-Ever Terrestrial Lizards (Varanidae) . PLOS ONE . 4 . 9 . e7241 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0007241. free . 19789642 . 2748693 . 2009PLoSO...4.7241H .

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