V. melinus
Quince monitor lizard.
Distribution: Sula Islands, Indonesia.
- dorsum coloration : yellow ground coloration with a more or less developped dark marbling
- tail coloration : absence of blue pigmentation
- throat pattern and coloration : light and patternless
- tongue coloration : entirely light, pinkish
- temporal band : absence
- transversal section of the first third of tail : not roundish
- tail dorsally with a double keel : presence
- enlarged eyes : absence
- midbody scale counts : 121 to 130 ; 131 to 150