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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Ouwens, 1912 [4] Komodo dragon distribution. The Komodo dragon ( Varanus komodoensis ), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang. It is the largest extant species of lizard, with the males growing to a maximum ...
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 ...
Perentie. 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 ...
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.
Yellow-spotted monitor. 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]