Varanus panoptes

Argus monitor

 

TAXONOMY:

DISTRIBUTIONIndonesia, Papua New Guinea, 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:

CURRENT PROJECTS:

Adult Varanus panoptes, Western Australia State © Ryan J. Ellis

Juvenile Varanus panoptes, Western Australia State © Ryan J. Ellis

Juvenile Varanus panoptes, Western Australia State © Ryan J. Ellis