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ACTIVITY AREAS AND DAILY MOVEMENT OF WATER MONITOR LIZARD AT<br />

SEA TURTLES SANCTUARY<br />

MOHAMAD ROHAIZAT BIN AZMAN<br />

SUPERVISOR: DR UZAIR BIN RUSLI<br />

BACHELOR OF SCIENCES (MARINE BIOLOGY)<br />

SCHOOL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT<br />

UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU<br />

2018<br />

V.salvator was scavengers and predator and found in South East Asian. V.salvator was<br />

reproducing on wet season.These research had two objective which track daily routine<br />

activity of monitor lizard at sea turtle sanctuary, Chagar Hutang and compare activity<br />

area of monitor lizard between different individual.The circular net trap was effective<br />

to catch monitor lizard.The higher average ± standard deviation of sand plot was 3<br />

(25.5 ± 7.14). The sand plot number 6 and 7 was not suitable to relocate there<br />

because of sediment factor.V.salvator was attacking sea turtle nesting at range<br />

12:00pm to 17:59pm.We could concluded that V.salvator was a top predator and need<br />

to control them from attacking sea turtle nesting.<br />

1821 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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