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Status Konservasi : Least Concern (LC)
Status Perlindungan : Tidak Dilindungi (TD)
Status Perdagangan : Apendiks II (II)

Catalogue / Fauna / Flora 

Varanus salvator

(Laurenti, 1768)

 

Varanidae
Nama : Biawak Air/Common Water Monitor
Deskripsi : Kepala meruncing. Kulitnya kasar dan berbintik-bintik kecil agak menonjol. Warna tubuhnya hitam dengan bercak – bercak tutul dan bulatan berwarna kuning pucat dari bagian atas kepala, punggung, hingga pangkal ekor. Biawak air adalah spesies reptil terbesar kedua di dunia, dengan panjang tubuh mencapai 3 meter atau lebih.
Habitat : Suka berada di pinggiran sungai atau rawa-rawa hutan. Terkadang  tinggal di daerah pertanian, perkebunan, hingga pemukiman. Ditemukan di habitat sungai yang tenang dengan pasir dan kerikil di dasarnya, serta di hutan-hutan dataran rendah.
Sebaran : Bangladesh,  HongKong, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Kamboja, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia. 

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Legal Status
Law No. 5 of 1990 Concerning the Conservation of Biological Resources and their Ecosystems
Minister of Environment and Forestry Regulation No. P.106/MENLHK/SETJEN/KUM.1/12/2018 Regarding Protected Plant and Animal Species
IUCN Red List Status
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), or in Indonesian, Serikat Internasional Untuk Pelestarian Alam, makes decisions to determine the conservation status of a species or plant. The current categories of the IUCN Red List criteria include extinct (EX), extinct in the wild (EW), critically endangered (CR), endangered (EN), vulnerable (VU), near threatened (NT), least concern (LC), data deficient (DD), and not evaluated (NE).
The CITES List Status
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) , aims to restrict countries from trading protected flora and fauna or those with extremely limited numbers. The CITES status consists of appendices (attachments) numbered I-III. Appendix I is a list of flora and fauna that absolutely cannot be traded because they are critically endangered. Appendix II is a list of flora and fauna that can be traded, but their numbers are limited. Meanwhile, Appendix III is a list of flora and fauna that can be traded because they are abundant in one country but limited in another.
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Endemic Status
"Endemic species" can be defined as species that naturally and exclusively inhabit and highly adapt to a specific geographical area. Based on the size and boundaries of their territory, this status includes Endemic (E) and Non-Endemic (NE).
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