The dragon is found on the indonesian islands of komodo , rinca , gili motang and flores , but its numbers have dwindled to around 6 , 000 as a result of poaching and invasive species 科莫多巨蜥是在印度尼西亚的科莫多岛、林卡岛、弗洛勒斯岛以及基里?莫堂岛上被发现的。但由于栖息地受到破坏以及外来物种的入侵，现在科莫多巨蜥的数量已经减少到了大约6000只。
Zoologists said they were delighted and perplexed at the birth of four rare komodo dragons , whose paternity remains a mystery . the four reptiles were born last month from a clutch laid at london zoo by a female called sungai 法国动物学家们日前表示，他们对最近4只珍稀的科莫多巨蜥宝宝的诞生既感到高兴又有些迷惑不解，因为他们至今没弄清这些巨蜥宝宝的爸爸到底是谁。
" either female komodo dragons are spermthecal , meaning that they have the ability to store sperm or fertilised eggs for long periods , in this case for two years , or they are parthogenetic , meaning that they are self - reproductive - they produce clones of themselves , " de la panouse said 其一，每只雌性科莫多巨蜥都有受精囊，这意味着它们有能力在很长一段时间存储精子或受精卵。由此看来， sungai可能就将精子或受精卵存储了两年之久。
The most famous examples include the gorilla in 1847 ( and the mountain gorilla in 1902 ) , the giant panda in 1869 , the okapi ( a short - necked relative of the giraffe ) in 1901 , the komodo dragon in 1912 , the bonobo ( or pygmy chimpanzee ) in 1929 , the megamouth shark in 1976 and the giant gecko in 1984 最著名的例子包括1847年的大猩猩（与1902年的山地大猩猩） 、 1869年的大猫熊、 1901年的欧卡皮鹿（长颈鹿的一种短颈亲戚） 、 1912年的科莫多巨蜥、 1929年的巴诺布猿、 1976年的巨嘴鲨，以及1984年的巨型壁虎。
