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Peach Throat Monitor

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertilia
Family:	Varanidae
Genus:	Varanus
Subgenus:	V. (Euprepiosaurus)
Species:	V. jobiensis
Binomial name
*Varanus jobiensis* Ahl, 1932^[1]

The Peach Throat Monitor (Varanus jobiensis) is a species of Monitor lizard, native to Australia. It belongs to the subgenus group Euprepiosaurus along with the Ceram Mangrove monitor and Finsch's Monitor.^[2] They grow up to 120 cm long. The colour of the throat, for which they are named, is white-yellow to red. They eat insects, frogs, freshwater fish and small mammals.^[3]

Peach throat monitor on log in a vivarium.

References

Helodermatidae	Beaded lizard · Gila monster

Varanus	Argus monitor · Black tree 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 · Nile monitor · Peacock monitor · Peach Throat 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 · Water monitor · Yellow Monitor

Related categories	Monitor lizards · Cretaceous lizards · Helodermas · Mosasaurs

Fossil species

Aigialosauridae	Aigialosaurus · Carsosaurus · Judeasaurus · Kaganaias

Dolichosauridae	Adriosaurus · Dolichosaurus · Acteosaurus

Helodermatidae	Estesia

Mosasauridae	Halisaurinae · Mosasaurinae · Plioplatecarpinae · Tylosaurinae

Varanidae	Megalania · Palaeosaniwa

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