Talaud Mangrove Monitor

Varanus lirungensis est une espèce de sauriens de la famille des Varanidae. Répartition Cette espèce est endémique des îles Talaud en Indonésie. Publication originale Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler, 2009 : Refining the polytypic species concept of mangrove monitors (Squamata: Varanus indicus group): a new cryptic species from the Talaud Islands, Indonesia, reveals the underestimated diversity of Indo-Australian monitor lizards.

The Lirung monitor (Varanus lirungensis) is a species of monitor lizards on the Talaud Islands in Indonesia. It was recently discovered by André Koch, a German scientist from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, during a joint German-Indonesian research project. Koch stated the discovery was important, "because it illustrates the high diversity of monitor lizards in Indonesia."

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