Lirung monitor

Lirung monitor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Infraorder: Anguimorpha
Superfamily: Varanoidea
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: V. (Euprepiosaurus)
Species: V. lirungensis
Binomial name
Varanus lirungensis
Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme, & Ziegler, 2009

The Lirung monitor (Varanus lirungensis) is a species of monitor lizards on the Talaud Islands in Indonesia.[1] It was recently discovered by André Koch, a German scientist from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, during a joint German-Indonesian research project. Koch stated the discovery was important, "because it illustrates the high diversity of monitor lizards in Indonesia."[2]

Description

The known Lirung monitor specimen has a total length of about 80 cm. Its belly is yellow-grey with some darker cross bands. [3]

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