This work was supported by grants from the Narural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province to L-H.L.(LY17C030003);National Natural Science Foundation of China to L.-H,L.(31971414)and XJ(31470471);Finance Science and Technology Project of Hainan Province to Y.D.(ZDYF2018219).
Monitor lizards(Varanidae)inhabit both the mainland and islands of all geological types and have diversified into an exceptionally wide range of body sizes,thus providing an ideal model for examining the role of mainl...