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Varanus flavescens (Yellow Monitor)

Synonyms: Monitor exanthematicus indicus; Monitor flavescens; Varanus picquotii; Varanus russelii

Wikipedia Abstract

The yellow monitor or golden monitor, Varanus flavescens, is a species of monitor lizard found in Asia. It is also called Sun Gohoro (in Nepali).
View Wikipedia Record: Varanus flavescens

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Varanus flavescens

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.695 lbs (769 g)
Birth Weight [2]  4 grams
Female Weight [2]  1.636 lbs (742 g)
Egg Length [2]  1.457 inches (37 mm)
Egg Width [2]  0.827 inches (21 mm)
Gestation [2]  5 months 5 days
Litter Size [2]  11
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  10 years
Reproductive Mode [3]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [2]  13 inches (34 cm)
Female Maturity [2]  3 years 6 months
Male Maturity [2]  3 years 6 months
Habitat Substrate [3]  Terrestrial

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Royal Chitwan National Park II 292637 Nepal  
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Amplicaecum flavescens <Unverified Name>[4]
Hastospiculum macrophallos <Unverified Name>[4]
Physaloptera kherai <Unverified Name>[4]
Physaloptera varani <Unverified Name>[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Length–weight allometries in lizards, S. Meiri, Journal of Zoology 281 (2010) 218–226
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0