Monitor lizard images - Monitor lizard is the common name of several large lizard species, comprising the genus Varanus. They are native to Africa, Asia and Oceania, but are now found also in the Americas as an invasive species. A total of 79 species are currently recognized. (Wikipedia)
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Monitor Lizard Images
Rock monitor (Varanus albigularis)
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| By Brian Dell - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5166648 |
Injured Bengal monitor being nursed at the Lok Biradari Prakalp in India
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| By Yogesh Khandke - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5940909 |
Bengalensis, Bengal monitor
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| By L. Shyamal - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=422904 |
Timorensis, Timor tree monitor
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| By Photographer and original uploader is/was Dawson at en.wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1613689 |
Salvadorii, crocodile monitor
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| By Ltshears - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4239064 |
Nile monitor
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| By D. Gordon E. Robertson - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7356962 |
Ornate monitor
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| By Bluemoose at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=129510 |
White-throated monitor on the Kalahari savannah
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| By Brian Dell - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5166648 |
Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator salvator)
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| By Chris Page - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2542322 |
Perentie (Varanus giganteus)
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| By FlyingToaster, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17992397 |
Varanus macraei, blue-spotted tree monitor
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| By H. Zell - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24494649 |
Images of Monitor Lizard
Monitor lizards have long necks, powerful tails and claws, and
well-developed limbs. The adult length of extant species ranges from 20
cm (7.9 in) in some species, to over 3 m (10 ft) in the case of the
Komodo dragon, though the extinct varanid known as megalania (Varanus
priscus) may have been capable of reaching lengths of more than 7 m (23
ft). Most monitor species are terrestrial, but arboreal and semiaquatic
monitors are also known. While most monitor lizards are carnivorous,
eating eggs, smaller reptiles, fish, birds and small mammals, some also
eat fruit and vegetation, depending on where they live.
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