Peach-throated monitor
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Subgenus: | V. (Euprepiosaurus)
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Species: | V. jobiensis
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Varanus jobiensis Ahl, 1932[1]
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The peach-throated monitor (Varanus jobiensis) is a species of monitor lizard native to New Guinea. It belongs to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus, along with the Ceram mangrove monitor and Finsch's monitor.[2] They grow up to 120 centimetres (3.9 ft) long. The colour of the throat, for which they are named, is white-yellow to red. They eat insects, frogs, freshwater fish, and small mammals.[3]
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