1·Herpetologist Robert Mertens later argued that Varanus probably originated in the archipelago.
爬虫学家罗伯特·默滕斯后来提出，巨蜥属可能起源于这个群岛。
2·In the second variation, called the "vertical archipelago", the village exploits resources in widely dispersed locations, constituting a series of independent production "islands".
第二种变异称为“垂直群岛”，村庄在广泛分散的地点开发资源，构成一系列独立生产的“岛屿”。
3·Because most existing species live in Australia, early researchers concluded that Varanus originated in Australia and subsequently island hopped westward along the Indo-Australian archipelago.
由于现存的大多数物种生活在澳大利亚，早期的研究人员得出结论，巨蜥属起源于澳大利亚，随后沿着印澳群岛向西跳跃。
4·An important archaeological discovery on the island of Efate in the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu has revealed traces of an ancient seafaring people, the distant ancestors of todays Polynesians.
瓦努阿图太平洋群岛埃法特岛上的一项重要考古发现揭示了古代航海民族的踪迹，即今天的波利尼西亚人的远祖。
5·These carnivores live only on four small islands in the archipelago where, scientists note, the prey base is too small to support mammalian carnivore.
科学家指出，这些食肉动物只生活在群岛中的四个小岛上，那里的猎物基数太小，哺乳类食肉动物无法生存。