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Arbuckle, K. & K. Minter. 2015. Windex: Analyzing convergent evolution using the Wheatsheaf index in R. Evolutionary Bioinformatics 11: 11-14.Arida, E. & S.C. Setyawatiningsih. 2015. On the occurrence of Varanus nebulosus (Gray, 1831) (Squamata: Varanidae) on Riau Archipelago, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3919(1): 197-200.Ariefiandy, A., D. Purwandana, C. Natali, M.J. Imansyah, M. Surahman, T.S. Jessop & C. Ciofi. 2015. Conservation of Komodo dragons Varanus komodoensis in the Wae Wuul nature reserve, Flores, Indonesia: A multidisciplinary approach. International Zoo Yearbook 49(1): 67-80.Böhme, W., K. Ehrlich, K. Milto, N. Orlov & S. Scholz. 2015. A new species of desert monitor lizard (Varanidae: Varanus: Psammosaurus) from the Western Zagros Region (Iraq, Iran). Russian Journal of Herpetology 22(1): 41-52.Borek, H.A. & N.P. Charlton. 2015. How not to train your dragon: A case of Komodo dragon bite. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 26(2): 196- 199.Buden, D.W. 2015. Reptiles of Lukunor Atoll, Mortlock Islands, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia. Pacific Science 69(1): 117-124.Chatterjee, A. & S. Bhattacharyya. 2015. Distribution and abundance of monitor lizards (Varanus spp.) in human habitations of south west Bengal: People’s tradition of coexisting with wildlife. African Journal of Science and Research 3(7): 1-7.D’Amore, D.C. 2015. Illustrating ontogenetic change in the dentition of the Nile monitor lizard, Varanus niloticus: A case study in the application of geometric morphometric methods for the

quantification of shape-size heterodonty. Journal of Anatomy 226(5): 403-419.Dick, T.J. & C.J. Clemente. 2015. Scaling of muscle architecture in aboreal and terrestrial Varanus lizards: From V. tristis to V. komodoensis. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 55: E45.Doody, J.S., G. Sawyer & K. Hands. 2015. Varanus panoptes (Yellow-spotted monitor). Diet and foraging behavior. Herpetological Review 46(1): 95-96.Doody, J.S., H. James, K. Colyvas, C.R. Mchenry & S. Clulow. 2015. Deep nesting in a lizard, deja vu devil’s corkscrews: First helical reptile burrow and deepest vertebrate nest. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 116(1): 13-26.Doody, J.S., H. James, C.W. Walmsley, D. Rhind, M. Edgar, M. Fidel, D. D’Amore, S. Clulow & C. McHenry. 2015. Varanus panoptes (Yellow-spotted monitor). Toxic prey avoidance. Herpetological Review 46(1): 96-97.Doody, J.S., R. Soanes, C.M. Castellano, D. Rhind, B. Green, C. McHenry & S. Clulow. 2015. Invasive toads shift predator-prey densities in animal communities by removing top predators. Ecology. DOI: 10.1890/14-1332.1Dowell, S.A., V. de Buffrenil, S.O. Kolokotronis & E.R. Hekkala. 2015. Fine-scale genetic analysis of the exploited Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) in Sahelian Africa. BMC Genetics 16(1): 32.Eniang, E.A., G.C. Akani, L. Vignoli, L. Luiselli & F. Petrozzi. 2015. Size-related habitat selection of a population of Nile monitors (Varanus niloticus) from western Nigeria. African Journal of Ecology

Varanus primordius. Darwin region, NT. Pho-tographed by Lachlan Gilding.

53(2): 246-248.Jessop, T.S., J.R. Anson, E. Narayan & T. Lockwood. 2015. An introduced competitor elevates corticosterone responses of a native lizard (Varanus varius). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. DOI: 10.1086/680689.Mendyk, R.W. 2015. Life expectancy and longevity of varanid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae) in North American Zoos. Zoo Biology 34: 139-152.Merchant, M., D. Henry, R. Falconi, B. Musher & J. Bryja. 2015. Characterization of dipeptidyl peptidase IV enzyme activity in serum of the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). International Journal of Biochemistry Research and Review 5(2): 353-359.Okulewicz, A., M. Kazmierczak, J. Hildebrand & M. Adamczyk. 2015. Endoparasites of lizards (Lacertilia) from captive breeding and trade networks. Helminthologia 52(1): 34-40.Nasution, I., A. Saputra, Hamny, M. Jalaluddin & S. Wahyuni. 2015. Sebaran Karbohidrat pada Kelenjar Ludah Biawak Air (Varanus salvator). Jurnal Veteriner 15(4): 523-529.Pathak, S.K., M.M. Farooqui, A. Tripathi & S. Chaturvedi. 2015. Morphological characterization of tongue of Bengal monitor lizard (Varanus

bengalensis). Animal Science Reporter 9(2): 70-74.Purwandana, D., A. Ariefiandy, M.J. Imansyah, C. Ciofi, D.M. Forsyth, A.M. Gormley, H. Rudiharto, A. Seno, D.A. Fordham, G. Gillespie & T.S. Jessop. 2015. Evaluating environmental, demographic and genetic effects on population- level survival in an island endemic. Ecography. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01300.Read, J.L. & V. Scoleri. 2015. Ecological implications of reptile mesopredator release in arid South Australia. Journal of Herpetology 49(1): 64-69.Robinson, J.E., R.A. Griffiths, F.A.V. St. John & D.L. Roberts. 2015. Dynamics of the global trade in live reptiles: Shifting trends in production and consequences for sustainability. Biological Conservation 184: 42-50.Sy, E.Y. 2015. Checklist of exotic species in the Philippine pet trade, II. Reptiles. Journal of Nature Studies 14(1): 66-93.Ujvari, B., H.-C. Mun, A.D. Conigrave, C. Ciofi & T. Madsen. 2014. Invasive toxic prey may imperil the survival of an iconic giant lizard, the Komodo dragon. Pacific Conservation Biology 20(4): 363- 365.Weijola, V. & S.S. Sweet. 2015. A single species of mangrove monitor (Varanus) occupies Ambon, Seram, Buru and Saparua, Moluccas, Indonesia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 9(1): 14-23.Weinstein, S.A. & J. White. 2015. In response to: How not to train your dragon: A case of Komodo dragon bite, by Borek and Charlton. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j. wem.2015.04.003Werneburg, I. & M.R. Sanchez-Villagra. 2015. Skeletal heterochrony is associated with the anatomical specializations of snakes among squamate reptiles. Evolution 69(1): 254-263.Werneburg, I., K.M. Polachowski & M.N. Hutchinson. 2015. Bony skull development in the Argus monitor (Squamata, Varanidae, Varanus panoptes) with comments on developmental timing and adult anatomy. Zoology 118(4): 255-280.Wolfe, T.C., E. Stringer, S. Krauss & T. Trout. 2015. Physical therapy as an adjunctive treatment for severe osteoarthritis in a Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 46(1): 164-166.Ziegler, T. 2015. In situ and ex situ reptile projects of the Cologne Zoo: Implications for research and conservation of South East Asia’s herpetodiversity. International Zoo Yearbook 49(1): 8-21.

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Varanus panoptes. Mount Isa, Queensland. Photo-graphed by Bernd Eidenmüller.

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