The Lirung monitor (Varanus lirungensis) is a species of monitor lizards on the Talaud Islands in Indonesia.Monitor-lizards.net 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."Researchers discover new monitor species - find reveals the underestimated diversity of top-predators in Indonesia, idw-online.de, July 20, 2009
Description The known Lirung monitor specimen has a total length of about 80 cm. Its belly is yellow-grey with some darker cross bands.Monitor-lizards.net
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