{"id":88,"date":"2018-02-16T03:27:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T03:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ANIMALPAGES.COM\/animals\/?p=88"},"modified":"2024-02-22T20:48:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T20:48:13","slug":"meet-the-butaan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/meet-the-butaan\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Butaan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gray&#8217;s Monitor: A Fruity Friend Among Lizards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"848\" data-attachment-id=\"89\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/meet-the-butaan\/varanus_olivaceus_bhutaan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Varanus_olivaceus_Bhutaan.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1884,1560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Varanus_olivaceus_Bhutaan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Varanus_olivaceus_Bhutaan-1024x848.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/ANIMALPAGES.COM\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Varanus_olivaceus_Bhutaan-1024x848.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89\" style=\"width:839px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Varanus_olivaceus_Bhutaan-1024x848.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Varanus_olivaceus_Bhutaan-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Varanus_olivaceus_Bhutaan-768x636.jpg 768w, https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Varanus_olivaceus_Bhutaan-1536x1272.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Varanus_olivaceus_Bhutaan.jpg 1884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The butaan \u2013 better known as the Gray&#8217;s monitor (<em>Varanus olivaceus<\/em>) \u2013 is a fascinating lizard species native to the Philippines. Here&#8217;s a quick overview and some links to learn more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unique Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Large:<\/strong>\u00a0Growing up to six feet long, they&#8217;re among the largest arboreal (tree-dwelling) lizards in the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fruity Diet:<\/strong>&nbsp;Unlike most carnivorous monitor lizards, they primarily eat fruits like Pandanus, but also supplement with snails, crabs, and insects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shy and Endangered:<\/strong>&nbsp;Found only in specific regions of the Philippines, they&#8217;re listed as vulnerable due to habitat loss and illegal poaching.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Want to Learn More?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stlzoo.org\/animals\/reptiles\/lizards\/grays-monitor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gray&#8217;s Monitor | Saint Louis Zoo<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gray%27s_monitor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gray&#8217;s monitor &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/animalia.bio\/grays-monitor?endemic=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gray&#8217;s monitor &#8211; Facts, Diet, Habitat &amp; Pictures on Animalia.bio<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bonus Fact:<\/strong> The Gray&#8217;s monitor has a unique &#8220;false head&#8221; on its neck, which might confuse predators while allowing the lizard to escape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gray&#8217;s Monitor: A Fruity Friend Among Lizards The butaan \u2013 better known as the Gray&#8217;s monitor (Varanus olivaceus) \u2013 is a fascinating lizard species native to the Philippines. Here&#8217;s a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[26,49,42,27,116,31],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal-bytes","tag-animal-facts","tag-asian-animals","tag-conservation","tag-lizards","tag-reptiles","tag-wild-animals"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/butaan-ZOO_8445e-scaled-1.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/91"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}