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Basic information
Varanus indicus
Mangrove Monitor
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyMonitor lizards
GenusMonitor lizards
- Czech name
- Varan mangrovový
- English name
- Mangrove Monitor
- Alternative names
- Ceram Mangrove Monitor, Indian Monitor, Indian Monitor Lizard, Mangrove Goanna, Monitor Lizzard, Pazifikwaran, Western Pacific monitor lizard
- Synonyms
- Monitor doreanus, Monitor kalabeck, Tupinambis indicus, Varanus cerambonensis, Varanus guttatus, Varanus indicus rouxi, Varanus tsukamotoi
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 480 mm
- Body mass
- max 4,300 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 90 mm
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Diurnal
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- ~8 individuals
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 7FG7H · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 19923 · dryad-v5
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 23071 · dryad-v5