The turquoise monitor (Varanus caerulivirens)[4] is a species of monitor lizards found in Indonesia. Specifically, it is found on Halmahera Island and in the Maluku Islands.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Subgenus: | Euprepiosaurus |
| Species: | V. caerulivirens
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| Binomial name | |
| Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme, & Philipp, 1999[3]
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Description
editThe main coloration of the turquoise monitor is black-brown and greyish-brown with some turquoise pattern.[6] The underside coloration is light yellowish to turquoise with a blackish pattern. The throat and lower part of the neck of this monitor lizard is mostly yellowish. Varanus caerulivirens can grow up to about 110 cm in total length.[3]
The diet of Varanus caerulivirens mainly consists of crustaceans, scorpions, grasshoppers and frogs.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Stubbs, A.; Shea, G.; Arida, E.; Koch, A. (2021). "Varanus caerulivirens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T83777607A83777611. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Monitor-lizards.net". Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. (Viewed April 4, 2010).
- ^ Indonesiangamer.com
- ^ JCVI.org[permanent dead link] (Viewed April 3, 2010).
- ^ "Varanus.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
Further reading
edit- Ast, Jennifer C. 2001. Mitochondrial DNA Evidence and Evolution in Varanoidea (Squamata). Cladistics 17 (3): 211-226 [erratum in 18 (1):125]
- Koch A, Arida E, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Ziegler T. 2009. Refining the polytypic species concept of mangrove monitors (Squamata: Varanus indicus group): a new cryptic species from the Talaud Islands, Indonesia, reveals the underestimated diversity of Indo-Australian monitor lizards. Australian Journal of Zoology 57(1): 29-40
- Lisle, H. de 2007. Varanus caerulivirens (Turquoise Monitor). Reproduction. Biawak 1 (1): 39-40
- PHILIPP, K. M., ZIEGLER, T. & W. BÖHME 1999. Der Türkiswaran Varanus caerulivirens ZIEGLER, BÖHME & PHILIPP, 1999. Herpetofauna 21 (122): 10-11
- Philipp,K.M.; Ziegler, T. & Böhme, W. 2007. Preliminary Investigations of the Natural Diet of Six Monitor Lizard Species of the Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) indicus Group. Mertensiella 16: 336-345
- Ziegler, T., Schmitz, A., Koch, A. & W. Böhme 2007. A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups. Zootaxa 1472: 1-28
- Ziegler, T., W. Böhme & K. M. Philipp 1999. Varanus caerulivirens sp. n., a new monitor lizard of the V. indicus group from Halmahera, Moluccas, Indonesia (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). Herpetozoa 12 (1/2): 45-56
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