Is it ornate or nile? Help?

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Originally Posted by marina322

Hi everyone, so I recently received a nile monitor (I think) but the appearance is leaning more towards ornate to me. Hopefully the experts can answer and help me? He/she has a pinkish lavender tongue color. What do you think?

Hi, recent studies have shown that V. ornatus is not a valid species, merely a morph of Varanus niloticus. Your photo shows a typical V. niloticus.

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