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Gray's monitor
Species of lizard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus) is a large (180 cm, >9 kg) monitor lizard known only from lowland dipterocarp forest in southern Luzon, Catanduanes, and Polillo Island, all islands in the Philippines.[1] It is also known as Gray's monitor lizard, butaan, and ornate monitor.[3] It belongs to the subgenus Philippinosaurus.[4] It is largely arboreal and extremely shy. The population of northern Luzon was formerly included in the Gray's monitor, but has been recognized as a separate species, the northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (V. bitatawa), since 2010.
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Gray's monitor | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Varanidae |
Genus: | Varanus |
Subgenus: | Philippinosaurus |
Species: | V. olivaceus |
Binomial name | |
Varanus olivaceus | |
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Range of Varanus olivaceus |
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