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アオホソオオトカゲ

Meanings

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noun

blue-spotted tree monitor

Scientific name Varanus macraei. A species of monitor lizard native to Batanta Island, Indonesia. Used in zoological contexts.

アオホソオオトカゲはインドネシアのバタンタ島とうに生せい息そくする。
The blue-spotted tree monitor inhabits Batanta Island in Indonesia.

Etymology

The name is a compound of 青 (ao, 'blue'), 細 (hoso, 'slender'), 大 (ō, 'large'), and 蜥蜴 (tokage, 'lizard'), describing the lizard's appearance. The exact derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the species.