- Yellow Monitor
Taxobox | name = Yellow Monitor
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Scleroglossa
familia =Varanidae
genus = "Varanus "
species = "V. flavescens"
binomial = "Varanus flavescens"
binomial_authority = (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)
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Monitor lizard .Description
Teeth subcorneal, scarcely compressed, Snout short, convex, measuring a little less than the distance from the anterior border of the orbit to the anterior border of the ear; "canthus rostralis" distinct. Nostril an oblique slit, a little nearer to the end of the snout than to the orbit. Digits short, the length of the fourth toe, measured from its articulation with the tarsus to the base of the claw, not exceeding the length of the femur. Tail feebly compressed, keeled above. Scales of head small, subequal; the median series of supraocular scales slightly dilated transversely. Scales on upper surfaces moderate, oval, keeled. Abdominal scales smooth, in 65 to 75 transverse rows. Caudal scales keeled; the caudal keel with a very low, doubly-toothed crest. Olive or yellowish brown above, with irregular darker markings which are generally confluent into broad cross bars; a blackish temporal streak; lower surfaces yellowish, with rather indistinct brown cross bars, which are most distinct on the throat. Young dark brown above, with yellow spots confluent into crossbars; lower surface yellow, with dark brown cross bars. [Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.] From snout to vent 1 foot 3 inches; tail 1 foot 8 inches.
Distribution
Flood plains of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers in
India ,Pakistan ,Nepal andBangladesh .Notes
References
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* Auffenberg W. Rahman H. Iffat F. Perveen Z. 1989 A STUDY OF VARANUS-FLAVESCENS HARDWICKE AND Gray (SAURIA VARANIDAE). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 86 (3): 286-307 [1990]
* Visser, G. J. 1985 Notizen zur Brutbiologie des Gelbwarans Varanus (Empagusia) flavescens (HARDWICKE & Gray 1827) im Zoo Rotterdam. Salamandra 21 (2/3): 161-168
* Whitaker, Rom 1981 Bangladesh - Monitors and turtles Hamadryad 6 (3): 7-9External links
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