The marbled water monitor (Varanus marmoratus), also known commonly as the Philippine water monitor, is a large species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.
Description Varanus marmoratus can reach a total length (including tail) of .Marmoratus , Monitor-lizards.net
Geographic range The marbled water monitor lizard is found on various islands of the noveleta, including Batanes Islands, Babuyan Islands, northern and central Luzon and Lubang Island.Welton LJ, Travers SL, Siler CD, Brown RM (2014). "Integrative taxonomy and phylogeny-based species delimitation of Philippine water monitor lizards (Varanus salvator Complex) with descriptions of two new cryptic species. Zootaxa 3881 (3): 201-227.
Reproduction Varanus marmoratus is oviparous.
Taxonomy The monitor lizard from Palawan, Mindoro, southern Luzon and the Sulu Archipelago was recently described as a new species, Varanus palawanensis. www.reptile-database.org.University of Bonn (2010). "Three new monitor lizards from the Philippines identified". ScienceDaily, 19 May 2010. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100517070208.htm
See also Asian water monitor
References
Further reading Deraniyagala PEP (1944). "Four New Races of the Kabaragoya Lizard Varanus salvator ". Spolia Zeylanica 24: 59-62. (Varanus salvator philippinensis, new subspecies). Gaulke M (1999). "Die Herpetofauna von Calauit Island (Calamianes-Inseln, Provinz Palawan, Philippinen) (Amphibia et Reptilia)". Faun. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierk., Dresden 21 (19): 273-282. (in German).
Koch A, Auliya M, Schmitz A, Kuch U, Böhme W (2007). "Morphological studies on the systematics of south east Asian water monitors (Varanus salvator Complex): nominotypic populations and taxonomic overview". Mertensiella 16: 109-180. Lagat RD (2009). "A taxonomic account of lizards along established trails in Mts. Palay-Palay Mataas-na-gulod protected landscape, Luzon Island, Philippines". Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology 3: 17-28. (Varanus manilensis, new species). Mertens R (1942). "Die Familie der Warane (Varanidae), 3. Teil: Taxonomie ". Abh. Senckenb. naturf. Ges. 466: 235-391. (Varanus salvator marmoratus, p. 254). (in German). Reyes MAP, Bennett D, Oliveros C (2008). "The Monitor Lizards of Camiguin Island, Northern Philippines". Biawak 2 (1): 28-36. Schlegel H (1837). Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständig bekannter Amphibien, nach der Natur oder dem Leben entworfen. Düsseldorf: Arnz & Company. i-xiv + 141 pp. [1837-1844]. (Monitor bivittatus philippensis, new subspecies). (in German). Wiegmann AFA (1834). In: Meyen FJF (1834). "Beiträge zur Zoologie gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Siebente Abhandlung. Amphibien ". Nova Acta Acad. Caesar. Leop. Carol., Halle 17: 185-268. (Hydrosaurus marmoratus, new species, pp. 196–201, Plate XIV). (in German and Latin).