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    Species Accepted

    Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768)

    Asian Water Monitor
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Varanus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      MexicoYes
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      45 results
      Almindelig båndvaran Danish
      Asian Water Monitor English
      Asian water monitor lizard English
      Bayawak Tagalog
      Biawak air Indonesian
      Bindenwaran German
      Båndvaran Norwegian Bokmål
      Common Water Monitor English
      Gotô bcl
      Indische varaan Dutch

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      3 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      258 results
      Mertens, R. (1876). Preuss. Exped. Ostas. Zool. 1: 196.
      Sacha, & Manuel. (2021). Varanus salvator macromaculatus Deraniyagala, 1944 (Reptilia: Varanidae) im Lumpini-Park, Bangkok. Sauria 43 (3): 54-64.
      Grismer, L.L.; Youmans, T.M.; Wood, P.L. & Grismer, J.L. (2006). Checklist of the herpetofauna of the Seribuat Archipelago, West Malaysia with comments on biogeography, natural history, and adaptive types. Raffles Bull. Zool. 54 (1): 157-180.
      ONN, CHAN KIN; L. LEE. GRISMER, DIONYSIUS S. SHARMA, DAICUS BELABUT, and NORHAYATI AHMA. (2009). New herpetofaunal records for Perlis State Park and adjacent areas. Malayan Nature Journal 61 (4): 255 - 262.
      Bobrov, V. V., & Semenov, D. V. (2008). Lizards of Vietnam [in Russian]. Moscow, 236 Pp.
      Observation.org contributors. 2018. "Download species lists". Observation.org, Nature observations form around the world. est. 2008. Hisko de Vries (man). Observation International Foundation. https://observation.org/download.php?lang=en&local=xx
      Oo, Sai Sein Lin, & Paul Jeremy James Bates. (2016). The rediscovery of the Common Water Monitor Lizard Varanus salvator (Squamata: Varanidae) in northern Myanmar. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8 (5): 8827–8828.
      Pianka, Eric R. (2012). Can humans share spaceship earth? Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 6 (1): 1-24.
      Mertens, R. (1937). Senckenbergiana, 19: 178.
      Syafiq, M. F., Badli-Sham, B. H., Aqmal-Naser, M., Fahmi-Ahmad, M., Quah, E. S., Grismer, L. L., & Ahmad, A. B. (2025). First checklist of the herpetofauna (Amphibia, Reptilia) of the Kapas and Gemia Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, South China Sea. Check List, 21(2), 268-281.

      Citation

      Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) in undefined