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New Zealand Custom officials at the Christchurch International Airport got quite the surprise Sunday evening.  A 58-year-old man from Germany was attempting to board a flight when he was searched by Customs officials. 

A new species of monitor lizard closely related to the Komodo dragon has been discovered by German scientists in Indonesia.

The discovery was made after close examination of the new specimen using morphological characteristics and DNA analysis. Taxonomically classified as Varanus lirungensis, the new species “illustrates the high diversity of monitor lizards in Indonesia,” according to André Koch, who found the lizard.