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BLUE TAILED (Kalabeck's) MONITOR
Varanus doreanus
and
FINSCH'S MONITOR
Varanus finschi was (Varanus doreanus finschi)
BLUE TAILED (Kalabeck's) MONITOR Varanus doreanus ©2011 John Fowler and Rachel Barnes
BLUE TAILED (Kalabeck's) MONITOR Varanus doreanus ©2011 John Fowler and Rachel Barnes
At least 1 confirmed specimen of Varanus doreanus has been photographed on Cape York Australia.
The Blue-tailed monitor is found on the tip of the Cape York Peninsula (Australia) , also New Guinea, New Britain and in the Bismarck Archipelago.
The existence of Varanus finschi from Cape York Queensland Australia is based on a single specimen without exact locality data.
Varanus finschi is also found in New Britain, New Ireland, the Bismarck Archipelagoes well as Eastern areas of Papua New Guinea
Both species is easily confused with the Mangrove Monitor, V. indicus, however Varanus doreanus is normally found inland away from mangroves.
Blue-tailed Monitor (Varanus doreanus)
Varanus indicus species-complex
Kalabeck's monitor
Wikipedia
Finsch's Monitor (Varanus finschi)
Varanus indicus species-complex
Finsch's Monitor
Wikipedia
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