Species of lizard
Clouded monitor |
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Singapore |
Conservation status |
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) |
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[1] |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Varanidae |
Genus: | Varanus |
Subgenus: | Empagusia |
Species: | V. nebulosus |
Binomial name |
Varanus nebulosus |
Synonyms |
- Varanus bengalensis nebulosus
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The clouded monitor (Varanus nebulosus) is a species of monitor lizard, native to Burma, Thailand and Indochina to West Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, and Vietnam. They are excellent tree climbers. It belongs to the subgenus Empagusia along with the Bengal monitor, the Dumeril's monitor and other monitor lizards.[3] It had previously been listed as a subspecies of Bengal monitor by some herpetologists.[4] It is a diurnal monitor.[5]
Description
Clouded monitors can on occasion grow up to 1.5 metres long.[6]
References
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ GBIF.org
- ^ Kingsnake.com
- ^ Varanus bengalensis Varanus.nl.
- ^ Traeholt, C. (April 1997). Effect of masking the parietal eye on the diurnal activity and body temperature of two sympatric species of monitor lizards, Varanus s. salvator and Varanus b. nebulosus Journal of Comparative Physiology B 167(3):177-184. [1]
- ^ Lizards of Southeast Asia : Clouded Monitor - Varanus nebulosus
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Helodermatidae | - Chiapan beaded lizard (H. alvarezi)
- Guatemalan beaded lizard (H. charlesbogerti)
- Rio Fuerte beaded lizard (H. exasperatum)
- Mexican beaded lizard (H. horridum)
- Gila monster (H. suspectum)
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Lanthanotus | - Earless monitor lizard (L. borneensis)
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Varanus | - Asian water monitor (V. salvator)
- Black tree monitor (V. beccarii)
- Black-headed monitor (V. tristis)
- Bengal monitor (V. bengalensis)
- Black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor (V. baritji)
- Blue-tailed monitor (V. doreanus)
- Crocodile monitor (V. salvadorii)
- Desert monitor (V. griseus)
- Dumeril's monitor (V. dumerilii)
- Emerald tree monitor (V. prasinus)
- Gray's monitor (V. olivaceus)
- Kimberely rock monitor (V. glauerti)
- Komodo dragon (V. komodoensis)
- Lace monitor (V. varius)
- Mangrove monitor (V. indicus)
- Merten's water monitor (V. mertensi)
- Mitchell's water monitor (V. mitchelli)
- Nile monitor (V. niloticus)
- Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (V. bitatawa)
- Peacock monitor (V. auffenbergi)
- Peach-throated monitor (V. jobiensis)
- Perentie (V. giganteus)
- Pygmy mulga monitor (V. gilleni)
- Quince monitor (V. melinus)
- Rock monitor (V. albigularis)
- Pilbara monitor (V. bushi)
- Rennel Island monitor (V. juxtindicus)
- Rosenberg's monitor (V. rosenbergi)
- Roughneck monitor (V. rudicollis)
- Short-tailed pygmy monitor (V. brevicauda)
- Spiny-tailed monitor (V. acanthurus)
- Turquoise monitor (V. caerulivirens)
- Sand goanna (V. gouldii)
- Savannah monitor (V. exanthematicus)
- Yellow monitor (V. flavescens)
- Yellow-spotted monitor (V. panoptes)
- Yemen monitor (V. yemenensis)
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Related categories | - Monitor lizards
- Cretaceous lizards
- Helodermatidae
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Taxon identifiers |
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Varanus nebulosus | |
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