Varanus salvator   

Common water monitor

TAXONOMY: This species complex currently recognizes six subspecies, i.e. Varanus s. salvator, V. salvator andamanensis, V. salvator bivittatus, V. salvator celebensis, V. salvator macromaculatus and V. salvator ziegleri; in several island populations the taxonomic status remains uncertain (also see Auliya & Koch 2020).

DISTRIBUTION: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam (see Auliya & Koch 2020)

RED LIST STATUS: Least Concern (LC) in 2018

CITES: Appendix II

NATIONAL PROTECTION:

China. –

THREATS:

China: –

RESEARCH NEEDS:

China: –

CURRENT PROJECTS.

China: –