In Papua New Guinea, monitor lizard leather is used for membranes in traditional drums (called "kundu") , and these lizards are referred to as "kundu palai" or "drum lizard" in Tok Pisin, the main Papuan trade language. The meat of monitor lizards is eaten by some tribes in India, the Philippines, Australia, and West Africa as a supplemental meat source. Both meat and eggs are also eaten in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam and Thailand as a delicacy. The meat of monitor lizards is used in Nepal for medicinal and food purpose. The skin of monitor lizards is used in making a carnatic music percussion instrument called a "kanjira". According to IUCN Red List of threatened species, most of the monitor lizards species fall in the categories of least concern, but the population is decreasing globally. All but five species of monitor lizards are classified by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora under Appendix II, which is loosely defined as species that are not necessarily threatened with extinction, but may become so unless trade in such species is subject to strict regulation to avoid use incompatible with the survival of the species in the wild. The remaining five species – "V. bengalensis", "V. flavescens", "V. griseus", "V. komodoensis", and "V. nebulosus" – are classified under CITES Appendix I, which outlaws international commercial trade in the species. The yellow monitor, "V. flavescens", is protected in all range countries except Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. In Tamil Nadu and all other parts of South India, catching or killing of monitor lizards is banned under the Protected Species Act. Genus "Varanus"   Subgenus Empagusia:   Subgenus Euprepiosaurus:   Subgenus Hapturosaurus   Subgenus Odatria:   Subgenus Papusaurus   Subgenus Philippinosaurus: Subgenus Polydaedalus:  Subgenus Psammosaurus:  Subgenus Solomonsaurus:   Subgenus Soterosaurus:  Subgenus †Varaneades: Subgenus Varanus: