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セグロオオトカゲ

Meanings

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noun

tricolored monitor; Moluccan black-backed monitor

A species of monitor lizard (Varanus yuwonoi) native to Halmahera Island, Indonesia. Used in zoological contexts.

セグロオオトカゲはハルマヘラ島とうの固こ有ゆう種しゅです。
The tricolored monitor is endemic to Halmahera Island.

Etymology

Compound of セグロ (seguro, 'black-backed') + オオトカゲ (ōtokage, 'monitor lizard'). The exact derivation is uncertain; the name likely describes the lizard's dark dorsal coloration.