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Malayan Water Monitor

Varanus salvator

Habitat:

Wetland reserve

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Thanks, this wetland was created in an area of mangrove forest alongside a tidal river in the tropics and merges into lowland rainforest on the slightly higher ground. For those who did not know the pneumatophores allow submerged plants to breathe at high tide.

drP
drP 11 years ago

Pretty pictures! Love the pneumatophores, too.

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Jan 22, 2013
Submitted on Mar 19, 2013

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