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BIAWAK         ISSN: 1936-296X

Biawak is the official peer-reviewed journal of the IVIG. Published quarterly, Biawak publishes original articles and notes which pertain to the biology and captive husbandry of monitor lizards, as well as book reviews, historical accounts, veterinary reports, innovative techniques, bibliographies, commentaries, translations, and digests of current varanid research.

New issues of Biawak are available for download by IVIG members. Full-length articles are also available for individual download from this website. Biawak is currently indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals, the Zoological Record, and Thompson Biology Browser database.

All enthusiasts, regardless of educational or scientific backgrounds, are encouraged to contribute to Biawak. Papers published in Biawak are of a semi-technical to non-technical nature. Before submitting a manuscript, please consult the Author's Guidelines for proper styling and formatting. 

Current Issue:

 

Volume 3 Number 2

Complete Issue                                                   PDF

Cover and Inset                                                   PDF

Organizational News                                            PDF

News Notes                                                          PDF

Monitoring the Trade: Using the CITES Databaes to Examine the Global Trade in Live Monitor Lizards (Varanus spp.)

ANGELO P. PERNETTA                                              PDF

Ecological Function of Venom in Varanus, with a Comnpilation of Dietary Records from the Literature

KEVIN ARBUCKLE                                                  PDF

A Third Captive Generation of Komodo Dragons (Varanus komodoensis) at Rotterdam Zoo, The Netherlands

GERARD VISSER, SANDRA BUHOLD and JUDITH VAN DER KOORE                                                                PDF

Cannibalism in Captive Varanus timorensis

CSABA GECZY                                                      PDF

Current Research                                              PDF

Recent Publications                                            PDF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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