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:

Complete Issue                                                    PDF

Cover and Inset                                                   PDF

News Notes                                                        PDF

Overview on the Present Knowledge on Varanus mabitang Gaulke and Curio, 2001, Including New Morphological and Meristic Data

MAREN GAULKE                                             PDF

Preying Possum: Assessment of the Diet of Lace Monitors (Varanus varius) from Coastal Forests in Southeastern Victoria

TIM JESSOP, JAKE URLUS, TIM LOCKWOOD and GRAEME GILLESPIE                                 PDF

Translations                                                         PDF

Book Reviews                                                     PDF

Current Research                                                 PDF

Recent Publications                                              PDF

Volume 4 Number 1

Complete Issue                                                PDF

Organizational News                                       PDF

News Notes                                                      PDF

Geographic Distribution and Habitat Use of Monitor Lizards of the North Moluccas

VALTER WEIJOLA                                        PDF

Varanus spenceri: A Last Supper of Grasshoppers (Acrididae)

PATRICIA A. WOOLLEY, MARTIN J. STEINBAUER and GREG MISFUD            PDF

Parthenogenesis in an Ornate Nile Monitor, Varanus ornatus

JAMES HENNESSY                                       PDF

Book Reviews                                                  PDF

Recent Publications                                        PDF