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A. China is north of Thailand but it does not border the country. The Thai customs official said the three-foot-long lizards "are from Malaysia and transported through southern Thailand and north-eastern Laos to China for eating." Lizard meat is valuable and seen as a delicacy in parts of Asia.
C. The lizards are found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili, Motang and Gili Dasami. They can grow to a maximum length of about 10 feet and weigh up to 150 pounds. Like Bengal monitors, Komodos are a protected species.
D. The name was changed to Thailand in 1939. It is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. All of its neighbors were once ruled by either France or the British Empire.
C. A bloodless revolution forced the king of Siam to grant the people a constitution, ending centuries of absolute monarchy. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the ninth king of the House of Chakri, has reigned since 1946, making him the world's longest-serving current head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history.