Buutan,the forgoten dragon!!

[leopardgecko95]

Has anyone ever heard of the Buutan dragon?Animal Planet had a special on them tonight.They said that the Buttan was also a member of the monitor family.

 

[sportbike_rob]

i did a yahoo search, i guess they are also called a grey's monitor, i'll see if i can get a good link

 

[sportbike_rob]

http://mampam.50megs.com/monitors/butaan.html
here is some info on it, its also called the gray's monitor.

 

[GeckoStud]

Yeah aren't they fascinating. A rare monitor that is a fruit eater, and it only eats a couple of the different fruits on their island. Quite a cool specialist, and very secretive too, so it seems.

 

[LadyGecko]

WOW-what an amazing example of adaptation for survival
How sad that their sole major predator is man
:main_thumbsdown:

Sandy