On Tinjil Island off the southern coast of West Java, Indonesia, a study was designed to investigatethe effects of human presence on V. salvator behavior by comparing relative abundance of monitorlizards in areas of human habitation to areas in which humans do not reside or prepare food. Inthe absence of hunting pressure by humans it was hypothesized that V. salvator would be attractedby the possibility of scavenging food leftovers, thus increasing the relative abundance of monitorsin inhabited areas where human food preparation was common. The results of the study showed astatistically significant difference (p