Dumeril’s Monitor
Dumeril’s Monitors live in the Southeast Asian countries and are found in two subspecies. Compared to other monitors, very little has been known overall about this animal.
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Subphylum | Vertebrata |
Class | Reptilia |
Order | Squamata |
Suborder | Lacertilia |
Family | Varanidae |
Genus | Varanus |
Subgenus | V. (Empagusia) |
Subgenus | V. (Empagusia) |
Scientific Name | Varanusdumerilii |
Length | 4.5 ft (1.4 m) |
Coloration | Dark coffee brown |
Distribution | South of Burma, Kanchanaburi Province in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, throughout Borneo, Sumatra, Riau, Bangka–Belitung and a few other small islands of Indonesia |
Habitat | Mangrove swamps and highly humid, dense evergreen forests |
Diet | Main diet is crab but also consumes molluscs, fish, frogs, snails, smaller rodents, and insects |
Breeding Season | Nothing known about breeding habits |
Mode of Reproduction | Oviparous (egg laying) |