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Spesies spektakular baru kadal giant fruit eating lizard ditemukan di Sierra Madres dari Filipina utara 

Sebuah spesies baru biawak telah ditemukan oleh sebuah tim internasional ahli biologi di Sierra Madres dari Filipina utara . Spesies baru - Varanus bitatawa – panjang tubuh  hingga 2 meter , menampilkan garis-garis kuning dan hitam terang dan bintik-bintik di punggungnya , dan makan terutama buah dan siput .....more

Spectacular new giant fruit-eating
lizard species discovered in Sierra Madres of northern Philippines

Date:

April 7, 2010

Source:

University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute

Summary:

A new species of monitor lizard has been discovered by an international team
of biologists in the Sierra Madres of the northern Philippines. The new species
-- Varanus bitatawa -- grows up to 2 meters long, displays bright yellow and
black stripes and spots across its back, and eats mainly fruit and snails.

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A new species of monitor lizard has been discovered by an international
team of biologists in the Sierra Madres of the northern Philippines. The new
species has been given a new scientific name --Varanus bitatawa -- in recognition of its distinctiveness.

Scientists first became aware of the new species when biologists conducting
surveys in the Sierra Madre Range photographed an Agta hunter with an animal he
had captured for food. Several years later, the first specimens were obtained
by Mr. Roldan Dugay and Dr. Arvin Diesmos, curator of herpetology at the
national museum, Manila.

"Apparently the new species is an important source of protein
indigenous peoples groups in Isabella and Aurora Provinces," said Dr.
Diesmos. However, it was only last year that a joint University of
Kansas-National Museum of the Philippines expedition to Aurora Province yielded
a large, adult specimen, and good DNA samples.

The scientific description of this reptile has been published this week
in Biology Letters, an international journal published by the Royal
Society of London.

According to the description, the Northern Sierra Madre Forest Monitor
grows up to 2 meters long, displays bright yellow and black stripes and spots
across its back, and eats mainly fruit and snails. Through the analysis of its
physical features and its DNA, scientists have determined that it is distinct
but closely related to two other fruit-eating monitor lizards in the
Philippines. It is also different from the more common meat-eating water
monitor lizard or Bayawak. The new species is more secretive and
spends most of its time up on trees in the forests of the Northern Sierra Madre
mountain range of Luzon.

Luke Welton, a graduate student at the University of Kansas and one of the
coauthors of the scientific description, was one of the first biologists to see
a living Northern Sierra Madre Monitor Lizard in Aurora Province. "I knew
as soon as I saw the animal that it was something special," said Welton.
"I had seen specimens of the other two species of fruit eating monitors,
but neither of the other known species are nearly as spectacular as the
Northern Sierra Madre Forest Monitor. "

Giant fruit-eating monitor lizards are found only in the Philippines. The
Northern Sierra Madre Monitor Lizard is known among local Aurora Province
residents as Butikaw. Another species, Gray's monitor lizard, is
known as the Butaan by people in southern Luzon, Bicol,
Catanduañes, and the Polillo island group. The other fruit eating monitor
lizard from Panay Island is locally known as Mabitang. All three
giant fruit-eating monitor lizard species are threatened by destruction of
their forest habitats and, to a lesser degree, by hunting for their meat and
the pet trade.

"We hope that by focusing on protection of this new monitor,
conservation biologists and policy makers can work together to protect the
remaining highly imperiled forests of northern Luzon," said Dr. Rafe
Brown, leader of the team that discovered the new species and curator-in-charge
of the Herpetology Division, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute.

"The new species can serve as a convenient 'Flagship Species' for
conservation, focusing the attention of the public and affording protection to
many unrelated species if its habitat is preserved," Dr. Brown added.










Story Source:

The above story is based on materials provided by University
of Kansas Biodiversity Institute. Note: Materials may be edited
for content and length.










Journal Reference:

1.   
Luke J. Welton, Cameron D. Siler, Daniel Bennett, Arvin Diesmos, M. Roy
Duya, Roldan Dugay, Edmund Leo B. Rico, Merlijn Van Weerd, Rafe M. Brown. A
spectacular new Philippine monitor lizard reveals a hidden biogeographic
boundary and a novel flagship species for conservation. Biology
Letters, 2010; DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2010.0119

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100407104032.htm

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