爬虫学家罗伯特·默滕斯后来提出，巨蜥属可能起源于这个群岛。
Herpetologist Robert Mertens later argued that Varanus probably originated in the archipelago.
令科学家们困惑的一个相关问题是，现存最大物种科莫多巨蜥的分布情况。
A related puzzle for scientists is the present distribution of Varanus' largest surviving species, the Komodo dragon.
由于现存的大多数物种生活在澳大利亚，早期的研究人员得出结论，巨蜥属起源于澳大利亚，随后沿着印澳群岛向西跳跃。
Because most existing species live in Australia, early researchers concluded that Varanus originated in Australia and subsequently island hopped westward along the Indo-Australian archipelago.
正如发现巨蜥单性生殖的英国的动物园管理员所描述的，像等公共汽车一样，等了好长时间，然后一群小蜥蜴就一股脑地都出来了。
As the British zookeeper who discovered virgin births in Komodos put it, rather like buses, you wait for ages and then loads of them come along all at once.
鸟类的所有直系祖先也属于蜥龙类。
The Saurischia also include all the immediate ancestors of birds.
动物园的科莫多巨蜥墨菲则躲了起来。
一条蜥鱼在温和的骏河湾多沙的海底捕获一餐。
A lizardfish captures a meal on the sandy ocean floor of temperate Suruga Bay.
我看见一只翠鸟一闪而过，一头巨蜥在芦苇丛中走过。
I saw a flash of kingfisher blue. A monitor lizard paddled away through the reeds.
有带刺魔鬼之称的澳洲魔蜥会通过皮肤上的槽型结构来给水。
The Thorny Devil, or Moloch horridus, gathers all its water through channels in its skin.
这种巨蜥名为“碧塔塔瓦”，它们是印尼科莫多巨蜥的近亲。
Dubbed Varanus bitatawa, the giant lizard is a close cousin of the Komodo dragon of Indonesia.
首先，安乐蜥要学习如何从某一容器中获取一份美味可口的食物。
First, the reptiles had to learn how to extract a tasty grub from a container.
不打猎的时候，乔伊上学，还喜欢和他的宠物鬃狮蜥莉莉一起看电视。
When he is not out hunting, Joey attends school and enjoys watching television with his pet bearded dragon lizard, Lily.
目前世界上的巨蜥数量越来越少，这种巨蜥究竟有多少存活尚不清楚。
At present the number of the giant lizard is getting fewer and fewer in the world.It is unknown that how many giant lizards of this kind have been alive.
目前世界上的巨蜥数量越来越少，这种巨蜥究竟有多少存活尚不清楚。
At present the number of the giant lizard is getting fewer and fewer in the world. It is unknown that how many giant lizards of this kind have been alive.
刺背鳄蜥的进化速率比起包括洞熊、狮子、公牛和马在内的动物，都要快得多。
The tuatara rate is significantly faster than for animals including the cave bear, lion, ox and horse.
尽管对于科学家来说，这种巨蜥是新物种，但当地土著人已经认识它们几百年了。
Though this kind of lizard is a new species to the scientists, local aborigines have known about it for centuries.
但是有些科学家认为，巨蜥修长的身躯和与蛇相似的舌头表明它们可能是蛇的祖先。
But some scientists point to the elongated bodies and snake-like tongues of monitor lizards as signs that, over time, snakes evolved from some monitor lizards.
亚洲象曼徳胡里抓住一只巨蜥的尾巴抡来抡去，这不幸的动物被大象带着跑了好几天。
Madhuri, an Indian elephant, swings a monitor lizard around by its tail. The unlucky creature had been swept off the ground and was carried around for a number of days by the elephant.
日前，古生物学家公布了一种生活在2.35亿年前、会"飞行"的爬行动物孔耐蜥。
Paleontologists have unveiled an extraordinary prehistoric 'flying' reptile kuehneosaurs which lived 235m years ago.
他们还想知道其他的动物，比如巨蜥、蓝舌蜥是否也适用这种引导方法，不去捕食毒蛙。
They would also like to see if other species such as goannas and bluetongue lizards could be taught not to eat cane toads.
不但游泳技术高超，而且奔跑能力过人，我不得不说，尼罗巨蜥“霸主”之名当之无愧。
Combine that with swimming prowess and the ability to outrun a man, and I, for one, welcome our new Nile monitor overlords.
准备离开时，我们还发现了一只古老的巨蜥正趴在旁边晒太阳，湿地里一片宁静祥和的景致。
As we prepare to make our return, we spy an old goanna sunning itself, a picture of peace in these serene everglades.
在残骸中，罕有幸存的同一时期陆地生物的碎片，包括部分松树和一种爬行动物古蜥的牙齿。
Among the remnants are rare fragments of land life that survived the same period, including part of a conifer plant and the tooth of an archosaur reptile.
大多数的夜蜥科蜥蜴喜欢把自己的后代放置于一定的社会团体里而不会生下蛋后就不见踪影。
The lizards most likely to have social groups give birth to young rather than lay eggs.
该岛上有许多存活了50年之久的海洋生物，例如巨型龟，鬣鳞蜥，海狮，企鹅，鲸鱼和鱼类。
The archipelago is home to giant tortoises, iguanas, sea lions, penguins, whales and fish and has been a biological marine preserve for fifty years.
绿刺蜥和其它大多数物种一样，是昼行性(在白天活动)冷血动物，因此，它们不能调整自身体温。
Sceloporus lizards, like most others, are diurnal - active during the day - and cold-blooded, so they can't regulate their body temperature.
从1960年代起，科学家就已经知道某些鞭尾蜥物种无需雄性繁殖后代，就像鱼不需要自行车一样。
Since the 1960s scientists have known that some species of whiptail lizards need a male even less than a fish needs a bicycle.
报道说，科莫多巨蜥（Komododragon）是世界上体形最大的蜥蜴，其身长能长到3米。
The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the world's biggest lizard, reaching up to three metres (10 feet) long.
但新种恐龙也有类似蜥脚下目恐龙或雷龙的属性，这些恐龙长得很巨大，长颈，鞭尾，用四只脚到处爬行。
But the new species also has similar attributes to dinosaurs known as sauropods, or brontosaurs, that grew to massive sizes and went about on all fours with long necks and whip-like tails.
但新种恐龙也有类似蜥脚下目恐龙或雷龙的属性，这些恐龙长得很巨大，长颈，鞭尾，用四只脚到处爬行。
But the new species also has similar attributes to dinosaurs known as sauropods, or brontosaurs, that grew to massive sizes and went about on all fours with long necks and whip-like tails.
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