Asian water monitor – Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) of Sabah / Borneo.

Varanus salvator is a large semi aquatic monitor lizard native to South and Southeast Asia where it frequents rivers wetlands mangroves and even urban waterways and is among the most widespread varanids. Adults typically reach about two meters in total length and large individuals may exceed two and a half meters and the species is widely regarded as the second largest living lizard after the Komodo dragon. An opportunistic predator and scavenger it is a strong swimmer that forages in water and on land and it readily colonizes human dominated landscapes across its range. The genus name Varanus is a Latinization of the Arabic word waran used for large lizards and the specific epithet salvatoris the Latin noun meaning savior.