Mangrove Monitor
Varanus indicus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Reptiles
The mangrove monitor, mangrove goanna, or Western Pacific monitor lizard is a member of the monitor lizard family with a large distribution from northern Australia and New Guinea to the Moluccas and Solomon Islands. It grows to lengths of 3.5 to 4 ft. It is also known as wbl yb in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Varanidae
- Genus
- Varanus