Varanus salvator ( Laurenti, 1768 )

Zijia, Hong, Anuar, Shahrul, Grismer, L. Lee & Quah, Evan S. H., 2021, Preliminary report on the herpetofaunal diversity of Batu Hampar Recreational Forest, Kedah, Malaysia, Check List 17 (3), pp. 791-814 : 801

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15560/17.3.791
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466131
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scientific name	Varanus salvator ( Laurenti, 1768 )
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Varanus salvator ( Laurenti, 1768)

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Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu Hampar Recreational Forest ; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 25.X.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia obs GoogleMaps .

Identification and natural history. An individual matched Das’s (2015) and Grismer’s (2011a) diagnosis in having stout body; long neck; depressed snout; nostrils situated near the tip of snout; dark dorsum with yellow spots and yellowish venter. It was found sleeping at night under some vegetation in a shallow stream.

References

Grismer LL (2011 a) Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Seribuat Archipelago, Peninsular Malaysia. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 258 pp.

Laurenti JN (1768) Specimen medicum, exhibens synopin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium Austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensus. Trattnern, Vienna, Austria, 217 pp.