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{{Publication to wiki notice
 | author = Fatihah-Syafiq, Muhamad AND Badli-Sham, Baizul Hafsyam AND Fahmi-Ahmad, Muhammad AND Aqmal-Naser, Mohamad AND Rizal, Syed Ahmad AND Azmi, Mohd Shahrizan Azrul AND Grismer, Larry L. AND Ahmad, Amirrudin B.
 | author_abbreviated = Fatihah-Syafiq M AND Badli-Sham B AND Fahmi-Ahmad M AND Aqmal-Naser M AND Rizal S AND Azmi M AND Grismer L AND Ahmad A
 | year = 2020
 | title = Checklist of herpetofauna in the severely degraded ecosystem of Bidong Island, Peninsular Malaysia, South China Sea
 | journal = ZooKeys
 | volume = 985
 | pages = 143--162
 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.985.54737
 | citationurl = https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=54737&element_type=9 
 | url = https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=54737
 | publisher = Pensoft Publishers
 | publisherurl = http://www.pensoft.net/
}}

{{Treatment start
 | Ordo = Squamata
 | Familia = Varanidae
 | Genus = Varanus
 | Specific name = salvator
 | Infraspecific name = 
 | Taxon rank = 	
 | Taxon authority = (Laurenti, 1768)
 | Taxon status = 
 | Wikispecies page name = Varanus_salvator
 | Pensoft Profile = Varanus_salvator
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==Notes==
Several individuals of this large, diurnal lizard that weres seen frequently on Bidong Island from 1 to 3 April 2019, especially near MNRS, due to the availability of food at the garbage piles. They were observed foraging in the afternoon and evening before dusk. The appearance of those lizards matches the diagnosis of this species in Grismer (2011b)<ref name="B18">{{aut|Grismer L}} (2011b) Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos: Their description, distribution, and natural history.Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 728 pp.</ref >.

==Distribution==
This species has been recorded on many islands off Terengganu except Susu Dara Kecil, Seringgeh and Tokong Burung Besar islands (Grismer 2011b<ref name="B18">{{aut|Grismer L}} (2011b) Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos: Their description, distribution, and natural history.Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 728 pp.</ref >; Grismer et al. 2011<ref name="B21">{{aut|Grismer L}}, {{aut|Grismer J}}, {{aut|Wood J}}, {{aut|Ngo V}}, {{aut|Neang T}}, {{aut|Chan K}} (2011) Herpetology on the fringes of the Sunda Shelf: A discussion of discovery, taxonomy, and biogeography.Bonner Zoologische Monographien57: 57–97.</ref >).

==Taxon Treatment==
*{{aut|Fatihah-Syafiq, M}}; {{aut|Badli-Sham, B}}; {{aut|Fahmi-Ahmad, M}}; {{aut|Aqmal-Naser, M}}; {{aut|Rizal, S}}; {{aut|Azmi, M}}; {{aut|Grismer, L}}; {{aut|Ahmad, A}}; 2020: Checklist of herpetofauna in the severely degraded ecosystem of Bidong Island, Peninsular Malaysia, South China Sea [https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ ''ZooKeys'',] '''985''': 143-162. {{doi|10.3897/zookeys.985.54737}}



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