peach-throated monitor (Varanus jobiensis) Description
Deutsch: Sepik-Waran (Varanus jobiensis) im Terrarium des Leipziger Zoos
English: Peach Throat Monitor (Varanus jobiensis) in Leipzig Zoological Garden
Date 21 November 2007
Author Onegin
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Varanus_jobiensis.jpg
The peach-throated monitor (Varanus jobiensis) is a species of monitor lizard native to New Guinea. It belongs to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus, along with the Ceram mangrove monitor and Finsch's monitor. They grow up to 120 centimetres long. The colour of the throat, for which they are named, is white-yellow to red. They eat insects, frogs, freshwater fish, and small mammals. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Lacertilia, Family: Varanidae.
