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  2. Komodo (island) - Wikipedia

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    The waters surrounding Komodo island contain rich marine biodiversity. Komodo islands is also a part of the Coral Triangle, which contains some of the richest marine biodiversity on Earth. It is also a WWF Global 200 Marine Eco-region, a WWF/IUCN Centre of Plant Diversity, one of the world’s Endemic Bird Areas and an ASEAN Heritage Park.

  3. Komodo National Park - Wikipedia

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    Komodo National Park featured on the reverse of the 50,000 rupiah banknote. The island of Padar and part of Rinca were established as nature reserves in 1938. [3]Komodo Island was declared a nature reserve in 1965, [4] and in January 1977 as a biosphere reserve under the UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme.

  4. Komodo Biosphere Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The Komodo Biosphere Reserve and National Park is situated between Flores and Sumbawa in Indonesia. It is renowned for its population of about 5,000 giant lizards, called ' Komodo dragons ' ( Varanus komodoensis ).

  5. Komodo dragon - Wikipedia

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    The Komodo dragon is also sometimes known as the Komodo monitor or the Komodo Island monitor in scientific literature, [14] although these names are uncommon. To the natives of Komodo Island , it is referred to as ora , buaya darat ('land crocodile'), or biawak raksasa ('giant monitor').

  6. Gili Motang - Wikipedia

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    The island, volcanic in origin, is approximately 30 km 2 (12 mi 2) in area. Home to a small population of about 100 Komodo dragons , Gili Motang is part of Komodo National Park . [ 1 ] In 1991 as part of the national park, Gili Motang was accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

  7. Kokotuku Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The West Flores-Komodo region is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, [1] and is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World. [ 2 ] The Kokotuku Peninsula features a natural harbor, a mountain of 300 meters elevation, and 15 kilometer-long coastline of coral reefs, white sand beaches, and mangrove forests.

  8. Trimeresurus - Wikipedia

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    Peninsular Thailand, West Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra and the nearby islands of Bangka, Simalur, Nias, Batu and the Mentawai Islands. T. honsonensis: L. Grismer, Ngo & J. Grismer, 2008 0 Hon Son pit viper Southern Vietnam. T. insularis: Kramer, 1977 0 Sunda Island pit viper, White-lipped island pit viper Indonesia, Timor-Leste

  9. Protected areas of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    It also encompasses a few small islands and marine areas of the east of Cat Ba island. Primarily a limestone forest area, it has 839 vascular plant species which include 25 species which are listed in the Red Data Book of Vietnam. It is the only park in the world where Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus) species is reported. Some ...