mangrove monitor
mangrove goanna
Western Pacific monitor lizard
varanus indicus latin

Mangrove monitors are the only monitor capable of catching fish in deep water.

When American troops arrived, the locals asked them for help in getting rid of the mangrove monitors.

Humans have introduced the mangrove monitor to a number of Pacific Islands since the 1930s.

The Ceram mangrove monitor, has a total length is up to 95 cm, making it smaller than most monitor lizards.

The mangrove monitor is hunted in many places for its skin which is used for leather in making drum heads.

The mangrove monitor attains different sizes in different parts of its range, but seldom if ever exceeds 1.5 meters in total length.

It is very closely related to the mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus), with both belonging to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus.

Above the water are found many diverse species such as the Nicobar Pigeon, Mangrove Monitor Lizards and more.

The Ceram mangrove monitor, Varanus cerambonensis, is a species of monitor lizard found in Indonesia.

The tail of the Ceram Mangrove monitor is compressed with a double keel on top and is Also Quite prehensile.

Mangrove monitors are often kept in zoos and private collections as they are an active and alert animal that generally can be handled if tamed properly.

It belongs to the subgenus group Euprepiosaurus along with the Ceram Mangrove monitor and Finsch's Monitor.

The Surin Islands have a broad selection of animal life - including the Nicobar Pigeon and Mangrove Monitor Lizards.

The Mangrove monitor is an opportunistic carnivore feeding on the eggs of reptiles and birds, mollusks, rodents, insects, crabs, smaller lizards, fish, and carrion.

The Mangrove Monitor and the snake Candoia carinata are also not rare here; these three scleroglossan "reptiles" are becoming rare in the Solomon Islands.

As a result of abundant prey resources on Guam and the absence of natural predators outside of feral pigs and mangrove monitors, brown tree snake populations reached unprecedented numbers.

Marine toads were introduced to the Palau Islands for a similar reason, and the demise of the mangrove monitors led to an increase in numbers of beetles known to be harmful to coconuts.

Mangrove monitors possess a Jacobson's organ which they use to detect prey, sticking their tongue out to gather scents and touching it to the opening of the organ when the tongue is retracted.

The mangrove monitor is one of only two species of monitor lizard, the other being Varanus semiremex, that possess salt-excreting nasal glands, which enable them to survive in saltwater conditions and to consume marine prey.

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.

Black throated monitors, white throated monitors, water monitors, nile monitors, mangrove monitors, emerald tree monitors, black tree monitors, acanthurus monitors, quince monitors, crocodile monitors and komodo dragons have been kept in captivity.

On Rota, many other threats endanger the crow, including homestead development, resort and golf-course construction, agricultural settlement, nest-predation from introduced rats, the Mangrove Monitor lizard (Varanus indicus), typhoons, disease, and competition with the Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus).

This monitor has the ability to increase the size of the mouth by spreading the hyoid apparatus and dropping the lower jaw in order to eat large prey, a process similar in appearance to that of snakes, although the jaw of the mangrove monitor remains rigid.

They will also attempt to lower the mangrove monitor population on Cocos Island by 80%, using a myriad of trapping methods proposed by herpetologist Seamus Ehrhard, as the lizard is believed to prey upon the endangered Guam Rail (Gallirallus owstoni).

The Mangrove monitor's range extends throughout Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Caroline Islands and the Marianas Islands, where it inhabits damp forests near coastal rivers, mangroves, and permanent inland lakes.

It is very closely related to the mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus), with both belonging to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus.

A note on the coexistence of three species of Pacific monitor lizards in Australia (Sauria, Varanidae, Varanus indicus group).

Varanus obor is the only melanistic member of the Pacific monitor (Varanus indicus) group, and the only species belonging to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus, which has prominent red-orange markings on the body.

On Rota, many other threats endanger the crow, including homestead development, resort and golf-course construction, agricultural settlement, nest-predation from introduced rats, the Mangrove Monitor lizard (Varanus indicus), typhoons, disease, and competition with the Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus).