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]
References
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