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blue tree monitor

Varanus macraei · ECOS entity 11691

Federal ESA status Proposed Endangered

The blue tree monitor is proposed for listing as endangeredendangered: In danger of dying out in all or much of the places where it lives.. The listing is not final yet. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. The latest step was a comment periodcomment period: The weeks when anyone can send the agency their view on a proposal. reopening notice, published on July 16, 2025. No upcoming date is on the record.

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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.

Timeline for blue tree monitor
StepStatutory dateWorkplan or court-ordered datePublished (Federal Register)
90-day finding90-day finding: The agency's first answer to a petition, saying whether it is worth a full review.
Statutory date July 14, 2022 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A) Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026
12-month finding12-month finding: The agency's answer after a full review: should the species be listed or not? None set Not in the workplan
12-month finding published in the Federal Register on December 26, 2024. Outcome: listing is warranted. This document is also the proposed rule. FR 2024-30376
Proposed ruleproposed rule: A draft decision. It is published so anyone can comment before it becomes final. None set Not in the workplan
Proposed rule published in the Federal Register on December 26, 2024. This document is also the 12-month finding. FR 2024-30376
Comments accepted until February 24, 2025. FR 2024-30376
Final rulefinal rule: The decision that puts a listing or a habitat rule into effect.
Statutory date December 25, 2025 (final rule, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(A)). No final rule or withdrawal notice published in the Federal Register as of October 24, 2026. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026
Final critical habitatcritical habitat: Places the agency marks as needed for the species to recover. rule
Statutory date December 25, 2025 (critical habitat with listing, 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A)(i), (b)(6)(C)). No final critical habitat rule published in the Federal Register as of October 24, 2026. 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A)(i), (b)(6)(C)
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent prudent and determinable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A)(i), (b)(6)(C)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026
Comment periodcomment period: The weeks when anyone can send the agency their view on a proposal. reopening notice None set Not in the workplan
Comment period reopening notice published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2025. FR 2025-11539
Comments accepted until August 15, 2025. FR 2025-11539
Emergency listing None set Not in the workplan
Emergency listing published in the Federal Register on December 26, 2024. FR 2024-30375

Petitions

  • “██████████████████ to list the blue tree monitor lizard (Varanus macraei) as endangered under the Act”: petition date (closed). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.

Identifiers and sources

This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/11691
ECOS
Species profile 10921
Federal Register
Regulations.gov