A Waran with Armor

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What looks like an unusual neon flare, in reality, gives a unique look under the skin of an emerald waran. The bright colours show different densities in the tissue and make visible what is otherwise hidden: tiny bone plates, which one would not have suspected there before. As has now been shown, such so-called osteoderms occur with much more reptiles than thought. Crocodiles they have, dinosaurs like the Ankylosaurus were also equipped with the…