Peach-throated monitor

Peach-throated monitor
In Indonesia
CITES Appendix II 
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Anguimorpha
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Euprepiosaurus
Species:
V. jobiensis
Binomial name
Varanus jobiensis
Ahl, 1932
Synonyms
  • Varanus indicus jobiensis
    Ahl, 1932
  • Varanus karlschmidti
    Mertens, 1951
  • Varanus jobiensis
    — Böhme, 1991
  • Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) jobiensis
    — Ziegler et al., 2007

The peach-throated monitor (Varanus jobiensis), also known as the Sepik monitor, is a species of monitor lizard native to New Guinea.

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