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Palawan water monitor

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Palawan water monitor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Soterosaurus
Species:
V. palawanensis
Binomial name
Varanus palawanensis
Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010

The Palawan water monitor, Varanus palawanensis, is a monitor lizard endemic to the Philippines.[1] It has enough differences to be considered a distinct species[2] from the closely related water monitor, marbled water monitor, and Varanus rasmusseni. V. palawanensis belongs to the subgenus Soterosaurus with these other species.

Distribution

This species is found on islands of Palawan, Busuanga, Calauit, Balabac, and Sibutu.[3]

References

  1. ^ Science Daily.com
  2. ^ Wildlife extra.com
  3. ^ Science Daily.com
  • André Koch, Maren Gaulke & Wolfgang Böhme (2010). "Unravelling the underestimated diversity of Philippine water monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanus salvator complex), with the description of two new species and a new subspecies" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2446: 1–54.
  • Wildlife extra.com
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