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Water Monitor -- Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator)
| Subject: | Water Monitor -- Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator)
| | Poster: | Catherine Read (catherine.read@hotmail.com)
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File Size: 2086824 Bytes
Date: 2010:09:02 14:29:07
Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Canon)
F number: f/7.1
Exposure: 1/160 sec
Focal Length: 400/1
Upload Date: 2010:09:27 05:01:48
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The Water monitor, (Varanus salvator), picture taken at the Mankwe Wildkife Reserve, South Africa
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The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator), also known as Malayan water monitor, common water monitor, two-banded monitor, rice lizard, ring lizard, plain lizard, no-mark lizard, and simply "water monitor", is a large lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. Water monitors are one of the most common monitor lizards found throughout Asia, and range from Sri Lanka and India to Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, and various islands of Indonesia, living in areas close to water.
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Scientific Name: Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768)
Common Names: Common Water Monitor, Asiatic Water Monitor, Asian Water Monitor
Synonyms:
Hydrosaurus salvator (Laurenti, 1768)
Monitor nigricans Cuvier, 1829
Monitor salvator (Laurenti, 1768)
Stellio salvator Laurenti, 1768 |
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