- The
Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (Var****
bitatawa), also
known by the
local names bitatawa, baritatawa, and butikaw, is a large, arboreal, frugivorous...
- species. In contrast,
three arboreal species from the Philippines, Var****
bitatawa, mabitang, and olivaceus, are
primarily fruit eaters.
Monitor lizards are...
- mitc****i) Nile
monitor (V. niloticus)
Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (V.
bitatawa) Pea****
monitor (V. auffenbergi) Peach-throated
monitor (V. jobiensis)...
-
species in the
Philippines (Var**** olivaceus, Var**** mabitang, and Var****
bitatawa) are
primarily frugivores.
Among species of
living varanids, the limbs...
-
endemic lizard species Northern Sierra Madre Forest monitor lizard – Var****
bitatawa (common name: Butikaw) was
described to science,
although the Aeta and...
- mitc****i) Nile
monitor (V. niloticus)
Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (V.
bitatawa) Pea****
monitor (V. auffenbergi) Peach-throated
monitor (V. jobiensis)...
-
recognized as a
separate species, the
northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (V.
bitatawa),
since 2010. It is well
known for its diet,
which consists primarily of...
- class:
Reptilia Order:
Squamata Family:
Varanidae Genus: Var**** Subgenus:
Philippinosaurus Species Var****
bitatawa Var****
mabitang Var**** olivaceus...
- marmoratus) and even
larger Northern Sierra Madre forest monitors (Var****
bitatawa) have been taken.
While most of the prey
consists of wild prey, they have...
- mitc****i) Nile
monitor (V. niloticus)
Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (V.
bitatawa) Pea****
monitor (V. auffenbergi) Peach-throated
monitor (V. jobiensis)...
