Names

Pictures

Distribution and habitat

Body characteristics

Sex

Enclosure

Distribution map

Diet

Breeding

Remarks

Names:

Latin name:

• Varanus bogerti (Mertens 1950).

Subgenus:

• Euprepiosaurus.

English name:

• Bogert's monitor.

Cites:

• II

Distribution and habitat:

Distribution:

• Fergusson, Normanby en St.Aignan island. (of the coast of North-East New Guinea)

Habitat:

• Tropical.

Surroundings:

• Arboreal.

Body characteristics:

Length:

• ~75 - 100 cm. (???)

Pattern and color:

• This species has supposedly a very dark, nearly black coloration.

Remarks:

• Not much if anything is known about this species and its way of life.  No live animals are known.  The above picture is of the preserved animal in the Natural History Museum in London.