Blue-spotted Tree Monitor

Newly discovered species

The blue-spotted tree monitor has only been recently discovered by scientists. No one knows how many blue-spotted tree monitors there are in the wild. It lives in a very small area on the island of Batanta in Indonesia. That is why we do not know much about how it lives and behaves.  

Vulnerable to environmental changes

The monitor lives in trees and is probably active during the day. Because it lives in only one small area it is vulnerable to changes in its environment, for example, if the trees are cut down to make room for cities to expand.