V. salvator
Water monitor
Distribution: Sri lanka, India, Bengladesh, southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Viet-Nam, Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, Hong Kong and Indonesia.
CITES: appendix II.
V. salvator
V. salvator
Easy-to-see descriptors
- transversal section of the tail : laterally compressed
- "spiny"tail : absence
- tail with median double-keel : presence
- bicoloured tail : absence
- position of nostrils between eyes and tip of snout : nearer the tip of snout than the eyes
- nostrils' form : well round ; oval or split-like
- tongue coloration : blue, purple or black
- 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
- other head scales : The supra-ocular scales are surrounded by two rows of tiny scales.
- supra-ocular scales : specific pattern formed by two rows of scales
- SVL - snout vent length : up to 40 centimeters ; 40 centimeters and more
- scale count around midbody : 130 to 139 ; 140 to149 ; 150 to 159 ; 160 to 169 ; 170 to 179 ; 180 to 189
- Origin of the specimen : Asia and austral isles