Varanus prasinus

Green tree monitor

 

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:

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

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RESEARCH NEEDS:

CURRENT PROJECTS:

Adult Varanus prasinus, vicinity of Mumeng in Papua New Guinea © Michael McCoy

Adult Varanus prasinus, vicinity of Mumeng in Papua New Guinea © Michael McCoy

Adult Varanus prasinus, Nimbokrang, Papua, Indonesia;  © David D. Beadle