Diet reflects opportunistic feeding habit of the Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator)

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My co-author and I examined the diet and habitat preference of Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) at a campus area. We found that Asia water monitors preferred to use water and mangrove forest habitats that fringed and crisscrossed the campus, where supported the most common diet - mangrove crab (47.6%) of Asian water monitor. The broad diversity of stomach contents reflected food available at this location and indicates the opportunistic feeding habit of this species.

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