A new-to-science lizard has been described from the remote Mussau Island in the Pacific Ocean, where it has lived for over 1 million years! http://ow.ly/Z1Qmb

The lizard has been named Varanus semotus and is in the Varanidae family. More on the family in BHL: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2966452

Read the paper describing the new species in PhytoKeys: http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6872

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/1 ... sland.html