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Yellow-headed Water Monitor
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Yellow-headed Water Monitor

Varanus cumingi
BirdNET IDBN13522
Taxon groupReptilia
iNat observations96
Image sourceiNaturalist
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Description wikipedia

The yellow-headed water monitor (Varanus cumingi), also commonly known as Cuming's water monitor, the Mindanao water monitor, and the Philippine water monitor, is a large species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. It thrives in mangrove, forest and water margins in tropical refuges, where it feeds on birds, fishes, mammals, and carrion.

Translated Descriptions (3)

nl wikipedia
De Filipijnse watervaraan, ook wel geelkopwatervaraan (Varanus cumingi) is een hagedis uit de familie varanen.
ru wikipedia
Varanus cumingi (лат.) — вид ящериц из семейства варанов (Varanidae). Видовое название получил в честь Хью Каминга (Куминга) — английского естествоиспытателя середины XIX века, изучавшего фауну и флору Филиппинских островов.
zh wikipedia
庫氏巨蜥(學名:Varanus cumingi),又稱金頭澤巨蜥。該物種原被認為是澤巨蜥的亞種,後證實為獨立物種。

Common Names (13 locales)

ar ورل الماء أصفر الرأس
de Mindanao-Bindenwaran
en Yellow-headed Water Monitor
fa بزمجه آبی سرزرد
fr Varan de Mindanao
hu cumingi varánusz
it Varano d'acqua testagialla
mrj Сарикӓ вуян вӹд варан
nl Filipijnse watervaraan
nv Tiníléítsoh bitsiitsʼiin łitsooígíí
th เหี้ยฟิลิปปินส์
zh 庫氏巨蜥
zh-CN 肯氏巨蜥

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#39401
Macaulay Libraryt-12104239
Xeno-CantoDasylophus cumingi
observation.org#104369
GBIF4820715
NCBI752697