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  2. Monitor lizard - Wikipedia

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    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

  3. Asian water monitor - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the most widespread monitor lizards. The Asian water monitor has a natural affinity towards water, inhabiting the surroundings of lakes, rivers, ponds, swamps and various riparian habitats, including sewers, city parks, and urban waterways. It is an excellent swimmer and hunts fish, frogs, invertebrates, water birds, and other ...

  4. Nile monitor - Wikipedia

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    "There are few lizards less suited to life in captivity than the Nile monitor. Buffrenil (1992) considered that, when fighting for its life, a Nile monitor was a more dangerous adversary than a crocodile of a similar size. Their care presents particular problems on account of the lizards' enormous size and lively dispositions.

  5. Perentie - Wikipedia

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    The perentie (Varanus giganteus) is a species of monitor lizard. It is one of the largest living lizards on earth , after the Komodo dragon , Asian water monitor , and the Crocodile monitor . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Found west of the Great Dividing Range in the arid areas of Australia, it is rarely seen, because of its shyness and the remoteness of much of ...

  6. Varanus (Varanus) - Wikipedia

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    It is verified that like all monitors or possibly all lizards, true monitors have special glands in their jaws, which is almost certainly a homologous feature for these reptiles. However, not all agree that these can be called venom glands, especially since the effect of them are too mild for prey to most lizard and especially true monitors ...

  7. Mariana monitor - Wikipedia

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    Mariana monitors in the Southern Mariana Islands shifted major prey classes when their regular prey began declining. [5] The monitors were known for being the top predator on Guam, [6] but the introduction of the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) led to a decrease in prey numbers, prompting the monitors to switch to eating invertebrates and foraging through human garbage.

  8. Monitor lizards fight over scraps of food in Thai park during ...

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    Two monitor lizards were seen wrestling over scraps of food after snacks left behind from tourists have disappeared because of the coronavirus lockdown. The reptiles were grappling outside a ...

  9. Gray's monitor - Wikipedia

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    The Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus) is a large (180 cm, >9 kg) monitor lizard known only from lowland dipterocarp forest in southern Luzon, Catanduanes, and Polillo Island, all islands in the Philippines. [1] It is also known as Gray's monitor lizard, butaan, and ornate monitor. [3] It belongs to the subgenus Philippinosaurus. [4]