Welcome back to my channel and to another video of one of my captive animals. I would like to introduce everyone to Misty my Mertens Water Monitor!
MERTENS WATER MONITOR
Mertens' water monitor (Varanus mertensi), is a species of monitor lizard. The species is endemic to northern Australia, and is a wide-ranging, actively foraging, opportunistic predator of aquatic and riparian habitats. It is named after German herpetologist Robert Mertens.
It is dark brown to black above, with many cream to yellow spots. The underparts are paler - white to yellowish - with grey mottling on the throat and blue-grey bars on the chest. The tail is strongly compressed laterally, with a high median dorsal keel, and is about 1.5 times the length of head and body.
Amongst all monitor species, including the water monitors of Soterosaurus, Mertens' water monitor is morphologically the most well adapted to an aquatic lifestyle, being able to seal its upwards facing nostrils when underwater. It is capable of swallowing prey underwater, which is an ability not reported in any other monitor species other than the Borneo earless monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis).[6] It is also the only monitor species reported capable of using its sense of smell to locate and capture prey underwater.
The Mertens' water monitor is found in coastal and inland waters across much of northern Australia, from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, across the Top End of the Northern Territory and the Gulf Country, to the western side of the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland.
NEWBIES WILDLIFE
G'day, everyone! I'm Josh Newbert, welcome to “Newbie’s Wildlife”. I live in the greatest country in the world, Australia.
A land like no other. With its diverse ecosystems and unique geography, this continent is home to some of the most incredible and captivating wildlife on the planet.
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21 окт 2024
