Skull Island, Indonesia

**Skull Island**, Indonesia, is an artificially-created island located in the Indian Ocean, west of Sumatra, and has several much smaller islands in various locations around its perimeter, with the most prevalent of these off a small peninsula on its southeastern corner. Skull Island is approximately 14.5km x 19km giving it a total area (including sea) of 275 sq km, equivalent to the island that forms the British Overseas Territory of Monserrat. Skull Island contains two main mountains, the larger being shaped in the visage of a human skull, hence the island's name. Skull Island originally did not exist, but was formed over time by SciiFii who made the island, using traditional and advanced technologies to build the island with rocks, dirt, sand, etc before introducing the flora and fauna to the island, inspired by the fictional island of the same name from the King Kong series. The island is home to many of the species that SciiFii created and introduced to make the island liveable and biodiverse, making healthy ecosystems on Skull Island.

## Gallery of the native flora and fauna of Skull Island, Indonesia

Example species native to Skull Island, Indonesia.Crowned falcon (*Coronofalco rodana*)False-angel bird (*Mortemoparidisa arceus*)
## Trivia

* The mountain in picture 4 is the one Skull Island got its name from.
* The pygmy kong (*Titanomacaca niger*) (picture 12) is not an ape, despite its name, but a monkey and is a species of macaque, and is the largest known macaque on Earth, growing to be almost as large as a gorilla.
* The lilly turtle (a meiolanid, not a turtle, despite its name) fills a similar niche that is usually occupied by crocodiles.
* The ravine crocodile is a member of the family of crocodiles known as the mekosuchians.
* A crowned falcon is a species of medium-sized falcon and is named for its tall feather crest, which is oftentimes mistaken for a bony crest resembling those of pterosaurs such as *Pteranodon*.
* The false-angel bird is a species of medium-sized insectivorous passerine bird, with males growing to be about 35 centimeters (including their long tail feathers) and weigh about 20 grams, and is most closely related to the paradise flycatcher, despite resembling a bird-of-paradise from New Guinea. While the males are extremely ornate, the females lack the train of tail feathers and are a slightly duller shade. They are most common in jungle and open forest.
* The grasslands of Skull island are an results of the saurotorts preference for fresh leaves, they keep the population of young bushes and trees and check, keeping the areas open for grasses, which are hard to digest, except for the smaller grazers.
* One of the largest species of geckos of Skull Island, Indonesia, is a huge gecko of the genus, *Hoplognathus*, more than a meter in length and an inhabitant of coastal forests.
* While being shown here in daylight, testurella (picture 5) is actually normally a nocturnal animal that lives in burrows during the day, although it has been known to be occasionally active in daytime hours.
* The bristle gharial (picture 5) is not a true gharial or a member of a crocodilian order, despite its name, but is a species of choristodere.
* The horrible trush (picture 6) has bristle-like feathers on its girdle that it uses for stridulation.
* The giant taro (not pictured) was introduced to the island by SciiFii's scientists and field guides and has become an favorite food of the large herbivorous rodents.
* The Skull Island gaur (*Bos gaurus omnicidus*) (not pictured), also known as the Skull Island bison, is a subspecies of gaur that was introduced to Skull Island, and has since become a common food source for *Varanus rex*, especially the calves.
* The Skull Island rat (*Ratus omnicidus*) (not pictured) is a species of rat that was introduced to Skull Island by SciiFii to provide food for the other native predators. It is a very common animal found in almost every single habitat of the island.
* The following chameleon species (not pictured) were also introduced to Skull Island to help boost biodiversity.
	+ Trident Chameleon, *Chamaeleo cuspis* (7-9 inches long)
	+ Chamelephant, *Furcifer barrus* (25-33 inches long)
	+ Honey-Tongue, *Chamaeleo mellilingus* (12-18 inches long)
	+ Fat Chameleon, *Furcifer adipatus* (30-36 inches long)
* The Skull Island egret (*Bubulcus ibis barrus*) (not pictured) is a subspecies of cattle egret from the wetlands and jungles of Skull Island. Like other cattle egret subspecies, the Skull Island egret is known to hitch rides on larger animals such as gaurs and tortoises.
* The Skull Island dung beetle (*Nigracassida omnicidus*) is a unique species of dung beetle of Skull Island. Measuring only 3-4 inches long, the Skull Island dung beetle harvests small balls of feces of larger animals (including gaurs and tortoises to name a few), burying them for later.
* Spiny-necked monitors are a sister taxon of the much larger *Varanus rex*.