BIAWAK         ISSN: 1936-296X

Biawak is the official peer-reviewed journal of the IVIG. Published quarterly, Biawak publishes original articles and notes which pertain to the biology and captive husbandry of monitor lizards, as well as book reviews, historical accounts, veterinary reports, innovative techniques, bibliographies, commentaries, translations, and digests of current varanid research.

New issues of Biawak are available for download by IVIG members. Full-length articles are also available for individual download from this website. Biawak is currently indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals, the Zoological Record, and Thompson Biology Browser database.

All enthusiasts, regardless of educational or scientific backgrounds, are encouraged to contribute to Biawak. Papers published in Biawak are of a semi-technical to non-technical nature. Before submitting a manuscript, please consult the Author's Guidelines for proper styling and formatting. 

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Current Issue:

 Vol. 6 No. 2

Complete Issue                                                    PDF

Cover and Inset                                                   PDF

Organizational News                                            PDF

News Notes                                                        PDF

First Record of Varanus bitatawa in the Philippine Pet Trade

EMERSON Y. SY                                              PDF

Heads you Lose, Tails you Win: Notes on a Tail-Assisted Foraging Behavior in Varanus (Odatria) kingorum

KIDAN PATANANT                                         PDF

First Record of Varanus rudicollis from Penang, Malaysia

RAY HAMILTON                                              PDF

Notes on the Husbandry and Breeding of the Black Tree Monitor Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) beccarii (Doria 1874)             

DENNIS FISCHER                                            PDF

Historical Facsimiles                                             PDF

Current Research                                                 PDF

Recent Publications                                              PDF

Back Cover                                                         PDF