Lirung monitor

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| name = Lirung monitor

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Varanus

| parent = Varanus (Euprepiosaurus)

| species = lirungensis

| authority = Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme, & Ziegler, 2009

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The Lirung monitor (Varanus lirungensis) is a species of monitor lizards on the Talaud Islands in Indonesia.[http://www.monitor-lizards.net/species Monitor-lizards.net] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515145252/http://www.monitor-lizards.net/species/ |date=2010-05-15 }} It was recently discovered by André Koch, a German scientist from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, during a joint German-Indonesian research project. Koch stated the discovery was important, "because it illustrates the high diversity of monitor lizards in Indonesia."[http://www.idw-online.de/pages/de/news326608 Researchers discover new monitor species - find reveals the underestimated diversity of top-predators in Indonesia], idw-online.de, July 20, 2009