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Butaan are so shy they frequently remain in a tree for more
than a week after being frightened. A large male we
rescued from a trap hid in a tree for 22 days before coming down!* . Most lizards do not appear traumatised by being caught and
released by scientists, and resume normal activity very quickly. But we think
that butaan, especially older individuals, may permanently alter their activity
areas after such an encounter. Because the animals are so shy, and highly
vulnerable to human disturbance, we have had to develop a range of techniques
that allow us to learn about them with the absolute minimum of interference.
This goanna was originally described as a subspecies of V.timorensis (i.e. V.timorensis scalaris). A year after Mertens recognised it as a separate species (1957a) he considered that the differences between similis and scalaris were too slight to warrant use of scalaris as a specific name (Mertens 1958).
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Butaan are so shy they frequently remain in a tree for more
than a week after being frightened. A large male we
rescued from a trap hid in a tree for 22 days before coming down!* . Most lizards do not appear traumatised by being caught and
released by scientists, and resume normal activity very quickly. But we think
that butaan, especially older individuals, may permanently alter their activity
areas after such an encounter. Because the animals are so shy, and highly
vulnerable to human disturbance, we have had to develop a range of techniques
that allow us to learn about them with the absolute minimum of interference.