Mertens' Water Monitor 🦎
Species Profile
Varanus mertensi
EN Endangered
Mertens' Water Monitor
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.
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