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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).
Skulls of various varanoids A baby monitor lizard rests in the crevice of a tree. 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.
Yellow-spotted monitor (left), lace monitor (right) This ground dwelling monitor species, somewhat resembles the widespread sand goanna (Varanus gouldii).Large, dark spots appear in rows along its back, becoming especially distinct at the center of the back where they are interspersed with smaller and paler spots.
Perenties can grow to lengths of 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) and weigh up to 20 kg (44 lb), possibly up to 3 m (9 ft 10 in) and 40 kg (88 lb), making it the fourth-largest extant species of lizard (exceeded in size only by the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor and crocodile monitor).
The water monitor is occasionally confused with the crocodile monitor (V. salvadorii) because of their similar scientific names. [3] Some common names for the species are Malayan water monitor, common water monitor, two-banded monitor, rice lizard, ring lizard, plain lizard, no-mark lizard and water monitor etc.
Using one of these definitions leads to the inclusion of the earless monitor lizard (L. borneensis) in the family Varanidae. Lee (1997) created a different definition of the Varanidae, defining them as the clade containing Varanus and all taxa more closely related to Varanus than to Lanthanotus ; [ 6 ] [ 7 ] this definition explicitly excludes ...
A man was arrested by authorities at an airport in India after he was caught trying to bring a baby crocodile skull on his flight. Delhi Customs said in a statement on X that the 32-year-old man ...
Nile monitors usually measure 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in length and weighs around 5 kg (11 lb), with exceptionally large specimens exceeding 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) in length and 20 kg (44 lb) in mass, making it not only the fourth largest lizard after the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor and crocodile monitor, but also the second largest reptile in the ...