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Malayan Water Monitor

Varanus salvator

Photo by BenAbramovitz
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Has a forked tongue that it uses as an olfactory organ to track down carrion and small animals

Habitat:

Kinabatangan wetlands freshwater swamp forest

Notes:

Good info from mangrove.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/text/2115.htm

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