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V. yemenensis
Yemen monitor
Distribution: south of Saudy Arabia and Yemen.
CITES: appendix II.
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 eyes than the tip of snout
nostrils' form
:
oval or split-like
tongue coloration
:
blue, purple or black
prehensile tail
:
absence
nuchal scales
:
same size than head scales
;
bigger than head scales
form of the snout
:
triangular
pale band on the snout
:
presence
relief of nuchal scales
:
hemispheric relief
Expert descriptors
direction of nostrils
:
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
;
40 centimeters and more
scale count around midbody
:
?
Origin of the specimen
:
Africa and Arabian peninsula.