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V. glebopalma
Long-tailed rock 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
:
presence
position of nostrils between eyes and tip of snout
:
nearer the tip of snout than the eyes
nostrils' form
:
well round
tongue coloration
:
?
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
Expert descriptors
direction of nostrils
:
laterally directed
;
dorso-laterally directed
other head scales
:
not applicable
supra-ocular scales
:
no specific pattern or scales of head homogenous in size
SVL - snout vent length
:
up to 40 centimeters
scale count around midbody
:
?
Origin of the specimen
:
continental Australia