Description
English: Blue tree monitor taken at the Cincinnati Zoo
Date 24 November 2011, 13:20:48
Author Greg Hume https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Greg5030
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_tree_monitor_11.jpg

Varanus macraei, the blue-spotted tree monitor or blue tree monitor, is a species of monitor lizard found on the island of Batanta in Indonesia. It is named after herpetologist Duncan R. MacRae, founder of the reptile park Rimba on Bali. Varanus macraei is part of the prasinus-group and the subgenus (Euprepiosaurus). As its common names suggest, it is black with scattered blue scales, forming spots that may in turn form bands across the back. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Lacertilia, Infraorder: Platynota, Family: Varanidae.