#water monitor lizard

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A water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) struggles along the plastic-filled forest floor foraging for food. “More and more plastic fills our mangrove forests and it’s affecting our wildlife that call it home.”

by Kei Miyamoto, Indonesia

Mangrove Photography Awards

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Water Monitor Lizard.

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A monitor lizard at Lumphini Park in Bangkok, Thailand -Photograph: Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty Images

I believe this is a water monitor of the species Varanus salvator macromaculatus.

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Two grottos and a cliff top away ~ the owner of the tracks made their appearance… 🦎✨🌊

https://www.manizone.co.uk/lizard-totem-a-19.html

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Undercover researchers expose new species of lizard for sale on Philippine black market

Amid the black-market pet trade in Manila, researchers have discovered two species of water monitor lizard that previously were unknown to science. Manila's criminal trade in animals ranges from pet stores "with many endangered and illegal species hidden behind the scenes" to major international wildlife violators and wholesale smuggling rackets.

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Water Monitor (by Blake Matheson)