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Common Water Monitor - Varanus salvator - Indische Varaan
Southeast-Asia
The following 3 subspecies are being recognized:
Varanus salvator salvator - Sri Lanka;
Varanus salvator macromaculatus - Northeast-India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Cambodia through Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo;
Varanus salvator bivittatus - Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Komodo, Wetar and neighbouring islands;
Varanus salvator andamananensis - Andaman Islands;
Varanus salvator celebensis - North-Sulawesi;
Varanus salvator ziegleri - Obi Island and Halmahera (Indonesia).
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.