dragon´s poison

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  • Susana Mª Santamera de los Rios Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.v16i185.17146

Abstract

Dragons, those mythological beings of nature arcana looking like a giant lizard, forked tongue and its characteristic breath of fire, were the creatures that inspired the common name of the Varanus
komodoensis, the Komodo dragon

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Published

2023-03-21

How to Cite

Santamera de los Rios, S. M. (2023). dragon´s poison. Encuentros En La Biología, 16(185), 10–11. https://doi.org/10.24310/enbio.v16i185.17146

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