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Big Red Lizard
Swamp, forest.
Do not come near to it.
It looks similar to a komodo dragon however they are found on only some Indonesian islands, so i'm stumped. The only other thing i can think of is the water monitor, small one here http://goo.gl/P8MBw
It just looks like a Monitor was crossed with a Rhodesian Ridgeback :)
(look at that lined back)
Very strange to see a monitor that is not clouded or water monitor in Malaysia, especially as KL is not near the Thai border. Saying that it doesn't look like either - maybe it got lost!
Yes, I checked the nostrils, too - plus the dark colorization of the nose tip and flanks of the jaws.
Though the only one found of a color like that within this region.
I think the nostril is too close to the end of the snout for V. bengalensis. See the diagram on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_moni...
Most likely a Bengal Monitor - they are spread form Iran to Thailand withj various shades of color from greyish to rust...
This is a monitor lizard (Varanus sp.). I can't say I've ever seen an orange one (in SE Asia...)
Spotted on Dec 11, 2011
Submitted on Jan 24, 2012
