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