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Sumatran Water?
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Thank you for the response. I have 2 high yellow Sumatrans, one is an adult male and they do not look like this. They no not have the heavy black marks on the shoulder and neck and they are not greyish. I also have a plain old Sumatran and she does not look like this either.

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Could be the age of the animal has helped to dull its color, it could also be very dirty.

The fact is thats a bad representation (the video) to compate that animal to anything as far as local goes.

Mike.

It says there they only let him swim when the chlorine is low.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um4-iLnrrXw&feature=related

At the herp vet I use there is a patient, an enormous male that looks exactly like this. He had to have his hemipenes amputated due to an intractable infection and is fine now. He is 8 feet plus and dog tame, also swims in the swimming pool and lies on the couch with the family. He grew up with children and small dogs. I have seen pictures of this. When he greets the vet he puts his forefeet on the vet's shoulders, flicks his face and the lower part of the lizard is still on the floor. He has these same heavy black marks on his neck and a greyish back with faint marks.

It is a Javan V. s. bivittatus. An adult Javan has different skull shape and slightly shorter tail length than Sumatran water monitors (V.s. macromaculatus).

Regards,

John
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These animals look heftier in general to me than Sumatrans.