Bright green lizard with the “horn” can change color like chameleons.
Sumatra in Indonesia still lives of the mysterious lizard charizar Modigliani, which no one heard since 1891. About the rediscovery of the species according to scientific publication TAPROBANICA: The Journal of Asian Biodiversity.
the First bright green animal with “horn” on the snout discovered about 130 years ago. Italian zoologist and anthropologist Elio Modigliani was brought found in the forests of Indonesia copy in the natural history Museum in Genoa. Scientific description lizard appeared only in 1933. The species was named Harpesaurus modiglianii in honor of the Explorer who found it. Since then, about a unique animal not heard.
In 2018, independent biologist Chironis Putra found near lake Toba in Sumatra, a dead lizard with “interesting morphological peculiarities.” The sample was sent to Jakarta where experts have suggested that we are dealing with habetarim.
Putra returned to Sumatra and literally on the fifth day of the search saw karpetara Modigliani, sleeping peacefully on a branch. Almost two years, Indonesian scientists have spent for a study and new description of the species.
Researchers are concerned about the future of the unique lizards, as “horned dragon” found outside a protected area, where there is mass deforestation.
Anna Lysenko
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