Varanus salvator ( Laurenti, 1768 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.791 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466131 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E82187EC-D74E-9D56-FC96-FDA110BF55C6 |
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Marcus |
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Varanus salvator ( Laurenti, 1768 ) |
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Varanus salvator ( Laurenti, 1768)
Figure 5F
Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu Hampar Recreational Forest ; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 25.X.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia obs GoogleMaps .
Identification and natural history. An individual matched Das’s (2015) and Grismer’s (2011a) diagnosis in having stout body; long neck; depressed snout; nostrils situated near the tip of snout; dark dorsum with yellow spots and yellowish venter. It was found sleeping at night under some vegetation in a shallow stream.
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