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Snakes Downunder Reptile and Zoo has received a male Komodo Dragon from Adelaide Zoo today! Like Taronga’s male he is called Naga.
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Is this a new species for the collection?

 

Yes the Komodo Dragon is a new species for the collection. They are the third zoo to hold the species in Queensland with the other two places being Australia Zoo and Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures.

 

Snakes Downunder reopens on Saturday (6th June). From their Facebook page:

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Snakes Downunder have announced the arrival of five Radiated Tortoises. This species can now be found at Darling Downs Zoo, Wildlife HQ, Snakes Downunder and Hartley's Crocodile Adventures in Queensland. From their Facebook page:

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Snakes Downunder have done a temporary swap of male Komodo Dragons with Australia Zoo. Their male Naga has moved to the Sunshine Coast to be paired with their female whilst they have received Australia Zoo’s male, Gilli.

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I like what they have done with the names. Naga is the scientific name and Gili is Gili Motang which is the Island they are found on.

 

Except that “Gili” means island so not named after a specific island as such.

 

Yep, realised that after and couldn’t fix it

 

They are found on an island called Gili Motang.

 

I understand that. However "Gili" is an Indonesian word for "island" (or more particularly "small island" as all of Indonesia is made up of islands) so calling it Gili does not indicate it is named after Motang Island. It is like calling a Murray River cod "River" rather than "Murray".

 

So where did they get the name from??? Gili = island = name for native lizard found on island.

 

My point is simply if they wished to name it after the island they should have called it "Motang", not "Gili".

 

@MRJ
But they didn’t! and it’s not called Motang Gili

 

Who’s on first?

 

@CGSwans
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What's not called Motang Gili? That makes no sense at all. Gili Motang means Motang Island. Motang Gili makes no sense in Indonesian.

 

If they called it Motang it would be Motang but it’s called Gili and the closest thing that is called Gili is the island they are found on.

 

This is getting silly so this is definitely my final post on the subject.

1. You said they were naming it after Gili Motang; I am simply pointing out that if that was their intention they have failed because "Gili" means "Island" and Indonesia has thousands of "Gili's".
2. Further that animal cannot have come from Gili Motang, as it must have been captive bred. There are a few Komodo dragons on Gili Motang as there are on about 20 other islands nearby, but it is more likely this animal's ancestors came from Komodo, Flores, or Rinca.

Probably my fault for being obscure.