Tanimbar monitor

The Tanimbar monitor is a species of monitor lizard native to the Tanimbar archipelago of Maluku, Indonesia. It was first described in 2023 using specimens that were preserved at the Western [Australian Museum]. Another species of Varanus, the Louisiade monitor, was described in the same study.

Distribution

Varanus tanimbar is the only species of monitor lizard native to the Tanimbar Islands, where it resides on the two largest islands: Yamdena and Selaru.