Who's protecting Mertens' Water Monitors

Mertens' or Mertens's water monitor (Varanus mertensi), often misspelled Merten's water monitor, is a member of the monitor lizard family found in northern Australia, and is a wide-ranging, actively foraging, opportunistic predator of aquatic and riparian habitats. It is named after German herpetologist Robert Mertens. Read more on Wikipedia.