V. tristis
Arid monitor, black-headed monitor, freckled monitor, mournful tree monitor.
Distribution: Australia.
CITES: appendix II.
Easy-to-see descriptors
- transversal section of the tail : roundish
- spiny tail : absence
- tail with median double-keel : absence
- bicoloured tail : absence
- position of nostrils between eyes and tip of snout : nearer the tip of snout than the eyes
- nostrils' form : well round
- tongue coloration : light pink or whitish
- prehensile tail : absence
- nuchal scales : same size than head scales
- form of the snout : triangular
- pale band on the snout : absence
- relief of nuchal scales : not applicable