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Varanus bitatawa
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species of monitor lizard
Species
Near ThreatenedNorthern Sierra Madre Forest Monitor
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyVaranidae
Observations3
Observations recorded11
via GBIF · IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Varanus
- Image
- Varanus bitatawa (KU 322188) from Barangay Dibuluan, San Mariano - ZooKeys-266-001-g069.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- Commons category
- Varanus bitatawa
- taxon name
- Varanus bitatawa
- taxon common name
- Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor
- IUCN conservation status
- Near Threatened
- short name
- V. bitatawa
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Encyclopedic overview
The Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (Varanus bitatawa), also known by the local names bitatawa, baritatawa, and butikaw, is a large, arboreal, frugivorous lizard of the genus Varanus.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Varanus bitatawa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.