Lirung monitor | |
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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. lirungensis
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Binomial name | |
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme, & Ziegler, 2009
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The Lirung monitor (Varanus lirungensis) is a species of monitor lizards on the Talaud Islands in Indonesia. [1] It was recently discovered by André Koch, a German scientist from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, during a joint German-Indonesian research project. Koch stated the discovery was important, "because it illustrates the high diversity of monitor lizards in Indonesia." [2]
The known Lirung monitor specimen has a total length of about 80 cm. Its belly is yellow-grey with some darker cross bands. [3]
Lirung monitor | |
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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. lirungensis
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Binomial name | |
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme, & Ziegler, 2009
|
The Lirung monitor (Varanus lirungensis) is a species of monitor lizards on the Talaud Islands in Indonesia. [1] It was recently discovered by André Koch, a German scientist from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, during a joint German-Indonesian research project. Koch stated the discovery was important, "because it illustrates the high diversity of monitor lizards in Indonesia." [2]
The known Lirung monitor specimen has a total length of about 80 cm. Its belly is yellow-grey with some darker cross bands. [3]