The striking reptile has bright yellow, blue and green skin, and survives on a diet of just fruit, yet until now it has escaped the eyes of biologists.Although well-known to locals, who hunt it for food, the monitor stayed under the radar of biologists, many of which study in the Phillipines.
Just last year, a large species of carnivorous pitcher plant was found in the Phillipines as well as a few other new fungal and plant species:
Giant 'meat-eating' plant found
So the Phillipines is apparently quite the place to be for those on the frontier of cataloguing new species, with remote areas with wonders unknown to Western science.