Varanus brevicauda   

Short-tailed pygmy monitor

 

DISTRIBUTION: West and central Australia (for detailed distribution data, see Auliya & Koch 2020)

RED LIST STATUS: Least Concern (LC) in 2017

CITES: Appendix II

NATIONAL PROTECTION: According to the Australian EPCT Act (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act) of 1999, the commercial export of live specimens is prohibited

THREATS: …

RESEARCH NEEDS: Assess potential threats that could negatively affect the abundance of regional populations; genetically document regional populations to cross-check with provenance of specimens involved in the international trade

CURRENT PROJECTS: At present unknown