| Turquoise monitor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Subgenus: | Euprepiosaurus |
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V. caerulivirens
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| Binomial name | |
| Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme, & Philipp, 1999[3] | |
The turquoise monitor (Varanus caerulivirens)[4] is a species of monitor lizards found in Indonesia. Specifically, it is found on Halmahera Island and in the Maluku Islands.[5]
The main coloration of the turquoise monitor is black-brown and greyish-brown with some turquoise pattern.[6] The underside coloration is light yellowish to turquoise with a blackish pattern. The throat and lower part of the neck of this monitor lizard is mostly yellowish. Varanus caerulivirens can grow up to about 110 cm in total length.[3]
The diet of Varanus caerulivirens mainly consists of crustaceans, scorpions, grasshoppers and frogs.[3]
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