Table 2. 



Composition of 18 specimens of dry droppings of the mammoth monitor, 

 collected on i he Island of Komodo 



fur of ungulates 



deer hooves 



scales of lizards 



scales of snakes 



scales of fish 



bird feathers 



chitinous parts of insects 



remnants of plants 



Table 3. 



Body temperature of monitors on the Island of Komodo 



Serial Date of Cloacal Body Temperature of 



No. measurement Temperature, °C Air in Shade, °C 



33 33.5 



31 



29 



29.5 



32 



28 29 

 25.5 27.5 

 30 30 

 27 27.5 

 27 

 30 30 



29 33 

 29.5 31.5 



Legend to Figure 1: Islands of Komodo, Podar, and Rintja 



1 - Expedition camps; 2 - rouies through marsh of the Indonesian- 

 Soviet expedition; 3- central peaks of the islands; 4 - region of release 

 of the marked monitors on the Island of Komodo at the upper camp; 5 - 

 region of release of the marked monitors on the Island of Komodo in the 

 environs of the base camp. 



Reading from left to right: Island of Komodo, Komodo jungle; 

 Sea of Flores; Pada Island; Rin ja Island; Flores Island. 



