Varanus indicus
Mangrove monitor
DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Indonesia, Micronesia, [Pacific Territories of the USA and Japan], Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands (see Auliya & Koch 2020)
RED LIST STATUS: Least Concern (LC) in 2017
CITES: Appendix II
NATIONAL PROTECTION:
Indonesia. – Nationally protected according to the Regulation of the Minister of Environment & Forestry of the Republic Indonesia, http://ksdae.menlhk.go.id/assets/news/peraturan/P.20_Jenis_TSL_.pdf
THREATS:
RESEARCH NEEDS:
CURRENT PROJECTS:
Juvenile Varanus indicus, Western Province, PNG © Mark O’Shea
Juvenile Varanus indicus, Western Province, PNG © Mark O’Shea