REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: VARANIDAE: Varanus

Varanus jobiensis Ahl, 1941

Peach-throat monitor

Photos & text by Dr. Robert Sprackland.

Range: New Guinea and nearby islands to the west.

Diagnosis: A monitor with an elongate snout, light face, pink throat and tongue.

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Taxonomy & Relationships: Peach-throat monitors are closely allied to the mangrove monitors (Varanus indicus* and its relatives).

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