Tanimbar monitor

The Tanimbar monitor (Varanus tanimbar) is a species of monitor lizard native to the Tanimbar archipelago of Maluku, Indonesia.^[1] It was first described in 2023 using specimens that were preserved at the Western Australian Museum.^[2] Another species of Varanus, the Louisiade monitor, was described in the same study.

Tanimbar monitor
Adult on Yamdena Island
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Varanidae
Genus:	Varanus
Species:	V. tanimbar
Binomial name
Varanus tanimbar Weijola & Kraus, 2023

Distribution

Varanus tanimbar is the only species of monitor lizard native to the Tanimbar Islands, where it resides on the two largest islands: Yamdena and Selaru.^[1]

Gallery

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  Juvenile
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  Adult
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  Juvenile holotype
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  Paratype