The Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator), also known as the Common Water Monitor, is a large lizard native to South and Southwest Asia.
Water Monitors are one of the most common monitor lizards found throughout Asia, and range from Sri Lanka and India to Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, and various islands of Indonesia, living in areas close to water.
There are five subspecies of the genus Varanus salvator.

This is the subspecies Varanus salvator macromaculatus, sometimes also called the South-East Asian Water Monitor.

1st photo: Koh Lanta, Thailand, 29 January 2013
2nd, 3rd & 4th photo: Lumphini Park, Bangkok, Thailand, 12 December 2009
5th photo: Lumphini Park, Bangkok, Thailand, 19 January 2013

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