Panay monitor

Panay monitor

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertilia
Family:	Varanidae
Genus:	Varanus
Subgenus:	Philippinosaurus
Species:	V. mabitang
Binomial name
*Varanus mabitang* Gaulke & Curio, 2001 ^[2]^[3]

The Panay monitor (Varanus mabitang) is an endangered monitor lizard native to Panay Island in the Philippines. This frugivore lives in the large trees in tropical moist forests, and is threatened both by the destruction of its habitat through deforestation and overhunting. It is listed on the ICUN's Red List of endangered species. The Panay monitor is darker in coloration compared to Varanus bitatawa and Gray's monitor.^[4]

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Giant Frugivorous Monitor Lizards in the Philippines

Varanoidea

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata

Extant species

Helodermatidae	Beaded lizard Gila monster

Lanthanotus	Earless monitor lizard

Varanus	Argus monitor Asian water monitor Black tree monitor Black-headed monitor Bengal monitor Black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor Crocodile monitor Desert monitor Dumeril's monitor Emerald tree monitor Gray's monitor Kalabeck's monitor Kimberley rock monitor Komodo dragon Lace monitor Mangrove monitor Mertens' water monitor Mitchell's water monitor Nile monitor Peacock monitor Peach-throated monitor Perentie Rock monitor Pilbara monitor Rennell Island monitor Rosenberg's monitor Short-tailed monitor Spiny-tailed monitor Timor tree monitor Turquoise monitor Sand goanna Savannah monitor Yellow monitor

Related categories	Monitor lizards Cretaceous lizards Helodermas Mosasaurs

Fossil taxa

†Aigialosauridae	Aigialosaurus Carsosaurus Judeasaurus Kaganaias

†Dolichosauridae	Adriosaurus Dolichosaurus Acteosaurus

Helodermatidae	Estesia

†Mosasauridae	Halisaurinae Mosasaurinae Plioplatecarpinae Tylosaurinae

†Necrosauridae	Necrosaurus

Varanidae	Aiolosaurus Cherminotus Megalania Ovoo Saniwa Saniwides Varanus amnhophilis

Others	Telmasaurus Palaeosaniwa

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