"The Lirung monitor (Varanus lirungensis) is a species of monitor lizards on the Talaud Islands in Indonesia. It was recently discovered by Andr\u00E9 Koch, a German scientist from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, during a joint German-Indonesian research project. Koch stated the discovery was important, \"because it illustrates the high diversity of monitor lizards in Indonesia.\""@en . . . . . . "Lirung monitor"@en . . . . .