Varanus jobiensis

Sepik monitor

 

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea and offshore islands (for detailed distribution data, see Auliya & Koch 2020)

RED LIST STATUS: Least Concern (LC) in 2014

CITES: Appendix II

NATIONAL PROTECTION:

Indonesia. – The species is not protected in Indonesia; harvest quota for 2021 was 500 wild individuals, of which 475 individuals are intended for export.

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