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Varanus mertensi (Mertens's Water Monitor)

Synonyms: Varanus bulliwallah

Wikipedia Abstract

Mertens’ or Mertens's water monitor (Varanus mertensi ), often misspelled Merten’s water monitor, is a member of the monitor lizard family found in northern Australia, and is a wide-ranging, active foraging, opportunistic predator of aquatic and riparian habitats. It is named after German herpetologist Robert Mertens.
View Wikipedia Record: Varanus mertensi

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Varanus mertensi

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.471 lbs (1.121 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  28 grams
Female Weight [2]  1.964 lbs (891 g)
Egg Length [2]  2.598 inches (66 mm)
Egg Width [2]  1.22 inches (31 mm)
Gestation [2]  7 months 16 days
Litter Size [2]  9
Litters / Year [2]  2
Maximum Longevity [4]  20 years
Reproductive Mode [3]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [2]  15 inches (37 cm)
Habitat Substrate [3]  Semi-aquatic

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kakadu National Park II 4744348 Northern Territory, Australia
Prince Regent River Nature Reserve Ia 1428602 Western Australia, Australia  
Purnululu National Park II 604999 Western Australia, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Abbreviata hastaspicula <Unverified Name>[5]
Tanqua tiara <Unverified Name>[5]

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
♦ 4de 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
♦ 5Gibson, 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
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