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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 .
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.
Varanus palawanensis can reach total length of (including tail) 2 metres (6,6 ft). [2]The best studied water monitor population of the Philippines is that of Calauit ( Gaulke 1989 ), a small islet belonging to the Calamian Island Group at the north-easterly margin of Palawan Province.
Scientific classification; Domain: Eukaryota: ... is a species of lizard of the Varanidae family. [1] It is found in the Philippines. References
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 large-scaled water monitor (Varanus nuchalis) is a species of monitor lizard. [2] It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is found on the islands of Cebu, Ticao, Negros, Panay and Masbate. [1] The species is found in a variety of habitats, primarily mangroves and lowland forests. [1]
The black rough-necked monitor (V. rudicollis) was previously in the closely related subgenus Empagusia, but genomic analyses show it is actually the basalmost member of Soterosaurus, having split from the V. salvator species complex (which is composed of all the other Southeast Asian water monitor species) 14 million years ago during the middle Miocene.
Bangon monitor (Varanus bangonorum ... is a species of monitor lizard. [2] It is found on the islands of Mindoro and Semirara in the Philippines. [3] References ...