Clouded monitor

The clouded monitor (Varanus nebulosus) is a species of monitor lizard, native to Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina to West Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, and Vietnam. They are excellent tree climbers. It belongs to the subgenus Empagusia along with the Bengal monitor, the Dumeril's monitor and other monitor lizards.^[3] It had previously been listed as a subspecies of Bengal monitor by some herpetologists.^[4] It is a diurnal monitor.^[5]

Clouded monitor
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Varanidae
Genus:	Varanus
Subgenus:	Empagusia
Species:	V. nebulosus
Binomial name
Varanus nebulosus (JE Gray, 1831) [2]
Synonyms
Varanus bengalensis nebulosus

Description

Clouded monitors can on occasion grow up to 1.5 metres long.^[6]

Juvenile

Adult

In Singapore