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  2. List of largest extant lizards - Wikipedia

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    The Caspian monitor is a largest lizard in Central Asia, with a maximum reliable length of 1.4 m (4.6 ft) and a mass of almost 3 kg (6.6 lb) The subgenus Psammosaurus includes large and medium-sized monitor lizards, growing to a length not less than 120 cm (3.9 ft). [4]

  3. Megalania - Wikipedia

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    Megalania (Varanus priscus) is an extinct species of giant monitor lizard, [1] part of the megafaunal assemblage that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene.It is the largest terrestrial lizard known to have existed, but the fragmentary nature of known remains make estimates highly uncertain.

  4. List of largest reptiles - Wikipedia

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    The Komodo dragon is the largest living species of lizard in the world. The largest of the monitor lizards (and the largest extant lizard in genera) is the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), endemic to the island of its name, at a maximum size of 3.13 m (10.3 ft) long and 166 kg (366 lb), although this is currently the only record that places ...

  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. Komodo dragon - Wikipedia

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    In Australia, it coexisted with the even larger monitor species Varanus priscus also known as megalania, the largest terrestrial lizard ever. [22] The oldest records of the Komodo dragon on Flores date to around 1.4 million years ago, during the Early Pleistocene. [23]

  7. Huge monitor lizard explores family’s garage before hiding ...

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    A huge monitor lizard explored a family's garage before it was caught hiding behind a Buddhist shrine. Footage shows the 5ft-long reptile crawling along the driveway before a resident discovered ...

  8. Varanus salvadorii - Wikipedia

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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).

  9. Invasive lizards in Florida are eating cats - AOL

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    Florida has a big lizard problem. Between lion fish and Burmese pythons, Florida has a lot of invasive species problems -- and the newest is massive Nile Monitor Lizards. Nile Monitor Lizards can ...