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V. cumingi has the highest degree of yellow coloration among all the endemic water monitors in the Philippines. The V. cumingi is a large lizard and medium-sized monitor lizard. The largest specimens its species can reaching a length of 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) with a snout-vent length of 60 cm (24 in) and 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) in a mass.
The Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus) is a large (180 cm, >9 kg) monitor lizard known only from lowland dipterocarp forest in southern Luzon, Catanduanes, and Polillo Island, all islands in the Philippines. [1] It is also known as Gray's monitor lizard, butaan, and ornate monitor. [3] It belongs to the subgenus Philippinosaurus. [4]
The marbled water monitor (Varanus marmoratus), also known commonly as the Philippine water monitor, is a large species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines .
[14] [2] [15] Although the hunting of wildlife is illegal without a permit in the Philippines under Republic Act No. 9147 9 (with indigenous peoples being exceptions to this rule), the hunting of monitor lizards for personal consumption, the bushmeat market, and the pet trade is widespread and largely uncontrolled.
This is the incredible moment three monitor lizards wrestled each other to claim ownership of a beach that has been deserted by tourists. The large reptiles ventured onto the beach on the island ...
The meat of monitor lizards is eaten by some tribes in India, [43] Nepal, [44] the Philippines, Australia, South Africa and West Africa as a supplemental meat source. [ citation needed ] Both meat and eggs are also eaten in Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam and Thailand as a delicacy.
Akram admitted to illegally importing more than 20 live water monitor lizards from the Philippines in 2016, a U.S. Justice Department statement said. Florida man convicted of smuggling lizards ...
A Florida man pleaded guilty to his part in a trafficking scheme in which live water monitor lizards were stuffed into socks and concealed inside electronics to be smuggled from the Philippines to ...