Lizards Alive - Fernbank Museum - Atlanta (Varanus prasinus)
Date 31 July 2007, 14:44
Source Lizards Alive - Fernbank Museum - Atlanta
Author Josh Hallett http://www.flickr.com/people/12734746@N00 from Winter Haven, FL, USA
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lizards_Alive_-_Fernbank_Museum_-_Atlanta_-_Flickr_-_hyku_(18).jpg

The emerald tree monitor or green tree monitor (Varanus prasinus) is a small to medium-sized arboreal monitor lizard. Varanus prasinus is known for its unusual coloration, which consists of shades from green to turquoise, topped with dark, transverse dorsal banding. This coloration helps camouflage it in its arboreal habitat. Its colour also makes the emerald tree monitor highly exploited to the pet trade and kept in zoos alike.