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2. Short-tailed pygmy monitor - Wikipedia

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   The short-tailed monitor is the smallest of the Varanid lizards, attaining a maximum adult length of only 8 inches. Newly hatched short-tailed monitors look just like the adults, but weigh about 1 to 2 grams and are only 1 to 2 inches in total length. Like all monitors the short-tailed monitor has a long neck, well developed limbs with five ...

3. 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-developed limbs.

4. Varanus timorensis - Wikipedia

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   The Timor monitor is a dwarf species of monitor lizard belonging to the subgenus Odatria. Generally, it is dark greenish-gray to almost black in background color, with bright gold-yellow or sometimes bluish spotting along its dorsal surface and a lighter straw-yellow color on its ventral side. It has a pointed snout, excellent eyesight and ...

5. Nile monitor - Wikipedia

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   The Nile monitor ( Varanus niloticus) is a large member of the monitor family ( Varanidae) found throughout most of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in drier regions, and along the Nile River and its tributaries in East Africa. Additionally, there are modern, invasive populations in North America. The population found in West African forests ...

6. Yellow-spotted monitor - Wikipedia

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   The yellow-spotted monitor [1] [2] [3] (Varanus panoptes), also known as the Argus monitor, [4] is a monitor lizard found in northern and western regions of Australia and southern New Guinea. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

7. Emerald tree monitor - Wikipedia

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   Emerald tree monitor. The emerald tree monitor ( Varanus prasinus) or green tree monitor, is a small to medium-sized arboreal monitor lizard. It is known for its unusual coloration, which consists of shades from green to turquoise, topped with dark, transverse dorsal banding. This coloration helps camouflage it in its arboreal habitat. [3]

8. Kimberley rock monitor - Wikipedia

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   Varanus (Odatria) glauerti. — Mertens, 1958. Varanus glauerti. — Cogger, 1983. The Kimberley rock monitor ( Varanus glauerti) is a medium-sized species of monitor lizard [ 4] in the family Varanidae. The species is native to Northern Australia. Also known commonly as Glauert's monitor and the Kakadu sand goanna, [ 5] it belongs to the ...

9. Lace monitor - Wikipedia

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   The lace monitor ( Varanus varius ), also known as the tree goanna, is a member of the monitor lizard family native to eastern Australia. A large lizard, it can reach 2 metres (6.6 ft) in total length and 14 kilograms (31 lb) in weight. The lace monitor is considered to be a least-concern species according to the International Union for ...