The only juvenile of this species known to science.
This is the holotype specimen, in Vienna, used by Fran Steindachner to name and describe the genus and species.
The earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus boreneensis) is a semi-aquatic, brown lizard native to northern Borneo. It is the only species in the family Lanthanotidae, a group related to the true monitor lizards, as well as to the beaded lizards.