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Basic information
Varanus salvator
Common Water Monitor
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyMonitor lizards
GenusMonitor lizards
- Czech name
- Varan skvrnitý
- English name
- Common Water Monitor
- Alternative names
- Asian Water Monitor, Asian water monitor lizard, Bindenwaran, Malayan Water Monitor, Southeast Asian Water Monitor, Yellow Monitor Lizard, 圆鼻巨蜥
- Synonyms
- Monitor bivittatus var. celebensis, Monitor exilis, Monitor nigricans, Stellio salvator, Tupinambis bivittatus, Tupinambis elegans, Varanus crocodilinus, Varanus salvator kabaragoya, Varanus salvator komaini, Varanus salvator nicobariensis, Varanus scutigerulus, Varanus vittatus
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Shrubland, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Semi-aquatic
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 1,170 mm
- Body mass
- max 41,686.9 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~41.5 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 125 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 15.8 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- 27–32 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–3 years
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 1–40 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–3 × per year
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 7FG74 · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 19954 · dryad-v5