Yellow-headed water monitor

Yellow-headed water monitor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Soterosaurus
Species:
V. cumingi
Binomial name
Varanus cumingi
Martin, 1839
Synonyms[2]
  • Varanus cumingi
    Martin, 1839
  • Varanus salvator cumingi
    — Mertens, 1942
  • Varanus cumingi
    — Koch et al., 2007
  • Varanus (Soterosaurus) cumingi
    — Koch et al., 2010
Juvenile

The yellow-headed water monitor (Varanus cumingi), also commonly known as Cuming's water monitor, the Mindanao water monitor, and the Philippine water monitor, is a large species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. It thrives in mangrove, forest and water margins in tropical refuges, where it feeds on birds, fishes, mammals, and carrion.

  1. ^ Sy E, Diesmos A, Jakosalem PG, Gonzalez JC, Paguntalan LM, Demegillo A, Custodio C, Delima E, Tampos G, Gaulke M, Jose R (2009). "Varanus cumingi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169897A6687602.en. Accessed on 06 May 2022.
  2. ^ Species Varanus cumingi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.