Treasured find in Brunei's Green Jewel

This is the first time the Borneo Earless Monitor has been discovered in the Sultanate. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN

BRUNEI - Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) field assistants recently made an unexpected "living fossil" discovery in Temburong, dubbed the "Green Jewel of Brunei".

The Borneo Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) is a rare Bornean endemic lizard, the only known species in the family Lanthanoidae, an ancient lineage of lizards. This is the first time the lizard has been discovered in the Sultanate.