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  2. Monitor lizard - Wikipedia

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    Monitor lizard. Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the Americas as an invasive species. [1] About 80 species are recognized. Monitor lizards have long necks, powerful tails and claws, and well-developed limbs.

  3. Asian water monitor - Wikipedia

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    Varanus salvator. ( Laurenti, 1768) The Asian water monitor ( Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is widely considered to be the second-largest lizard species, after the Komodo dragon. It is distributed from eastern and northeastern India and Bangladesh, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka ...

  4. Bengal monitor - Wikipedia

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    Adult in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. The Bengal monitor can reach 175 cm with a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 75 cm (30 in) and a tail of 100 cm (39 in). Males are generally larger than females. Heavy individuals may weigh nearly 7.2 kg (16 lb). [2] The populations of monitors in India and Sri Lanka differ in the scalation from those ...

  5. Varanus salvadorii - Wikipedia

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    Varanus salvadorii. The crocodile monitor ( Varanus salvadorii ), also known as the Papuan monitor or Salvadori's monitor, is a species of monitor lizard endemic to New Guinea. It is the largest monitor lizard in New Guinea and is one of the longest lizards, verified at up to 255 cm (100 in). Its tail is exceptionally long, with some specimens ...

  6. Earless monitor lizard - Wikipedia

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    Binomial name. Lanthanotus borneensis. Steindachner, 1878. Earless monitor skull. The earless monitor lizard ( Lanthanotus borneensis) is a semiaquatic, brown lizard native to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. It is the only living species in the family Lanthanotidae and it is related to the true monitor lizards. [3] [4] [5]

  7. Yellow-headed water monitor - Wikipedia

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    The yellow-headed water monitor ( Varanus cumingi ), also commonly known as Cuming's water monitor, the Mindanao water monitor, and the Philippine water monitor, is a large species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. It thrives in mangrove, forest and water margins in tropical refuges, where it ...

  8. Savannah monitor - Wikipedia

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    The savannah monitor is the most common monitor lizard species available in the pet trade, accounting for almost half (48.0552%) of the entire international trade in live monitor lizards. [16] Despite its prevalence in global pet trade, successful captive reproduction is very rare, and a high mortality rate is associated with the species.

  9. Dampier Peninsula monitor - Wikipedia

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    The Dampier Peninsula monitor or Dampier Peninsula goanna ( Varanus sparnus ), described in 2014, is the smallest known species of monitor lizard, growing up to 16.3 grams with a length of almost 23 cm and a SVL (snout to vent length) of 116 mm. It is believed to live only on the Dampier Peninsula of the Kimberley region north of Broome and ...

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