Varanus komodoensis

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	SQUAMATA	VARANIDAE

Scientific Name:

Varanus komodoensis

Species Authority:

Ouwens, 1912

Common Name/s:

English	–	Komodo Dragon, Komodo Monitor, Ora
French	–	Dragon Des Komodos, Varan De Komodo
Spanish	–	Varano De Komodo

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1+2cde ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Reviewer/s:

History:

1994	–	Rare (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Rare (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Rare (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Rare (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Countries:	Native: Indonesia

Countries:

Native:

Indonesia

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Conservation Actions:	It is listed on CITES Appendix I.

Conservation Actions:

It is listed on CITES Appendix I.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Varanus komodoensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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