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Varanus indicus (Mangrove Monitor; Indian monitor lizard and Indian monitor)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The mangrove monitor, mangrove goanna, or Western Pacific monitor lizard (Varanus indicus) is a member of the monitor lizard family with a large distribution from northern Australia and New Guinea to the Moluccas, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, and Mariana Islands. It grows to lengths of 3.5 to 4 ft (1.1 to 1.2 m).
View Wikipedia Record: Varanus indicus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.951 lbs (885 g)
Female Weight [1]  1.067 lbs (484 g)
Male Weight [1]  2.837 lbs (1.287 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  165.9 %
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 7 months
Male Maturity [1]  1 year 5 months
Gestation [1]  5 months 27 days
Litter Size [1]  9
Maximum Longevity [3]  17 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  19 inches (48 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Semi-aquatic

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
American Memorial Park   Saipan, Northern Mariana Island  
Lal Suhanra National Park V 17972 Pakistan  
Ranthambore National Park II 137162 Rajasthan, India

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
East Melanesian Islands Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu No
Polynesia-Micronesia Fiji, Micronesia, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, United States No
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand No
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia No

Prey / Diet

Fordonia leucobalia (Crab-eating Water Snake, White-bellied mangrove snake)[4]

Consumers

External References

Citations

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
♦ 4The prey and predators of Homalopsine snakes, HAROLD K. VORIS and JOHN C. MURPHY, Journal of Natural History, 2002, 36, 1621–1632
♦ 5Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 6Gibson, 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