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Varanus griseus (Desert Monitor)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The desert monitor, Varanus griseus, is a species of monitor lizards of the order Squamata found living throughout North Africa and Central and South Asia. Three subspecies have been described: \n* V. g. griseus (grey monitor) \n* V. g. caspius (Caspian monitor) \n* V. g. koniecznyi (Indian desert monitor) The desert monitor is carnivorous, feeding on a wide range of vertebrates and invertebrates.
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Infraspecies

Varanus griseus caspius (Central Asian grey monitor)
Varanus griseus griseus (Grey monitor)
Varanus griseus koniecznyi (Grey monitor)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.141 lbs (971 g)
Birth Weight [1]  16 grams
Female Weight [1]  1.587 lbs (720 g)
Male Weight [1]  2.694 lbs (1.222 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  69.7 %
Female Maturity [1]  4 years 6 months
Male Maturity [1]  3 years 6 months
Gestation [1]  6 months 28 days
Litter Size [1]  10
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  17 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  16 inches (40 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Terrestrial

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan 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
♦ 2Meiri, 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
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 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