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The mangrove monitor is an opportunistic carnivore, feeding on the eggs of reptiles and birds, mollusks, rodents, insects, crabs, smaller lizards, fish, and carrion. [12] [15] [16] Mangrove monitors are the only monitor capable of catching fish in deep water. [17] In some parts of its range, it is known to eat juvenile crocodiles. [6]
The Yuwono monitor or tricolor monitor (Varanus yuwonoi), also commonly known as the black-backed mangrove monitor or the black-backed monitor, is a species of monitor lizard in the blue-tailed monitor species complex. [2] [3] The tricolor monitor is endemic to the island of Halmahera, in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. [4]
V. cumingi has the highest degree of yellow coloration among all the endemic water monitors in the Philippines. The V. cumingi is a large lizard and medium-sized monitor lizard. The largest specimens its species can reaching a length of 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) with a snout-vent length of 60 cm (24 in) and 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) in a mass.
Varanus jobiensis belongs to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus, which includes species such as the blue-tailed monitor and mangrove monitor, both of which it is sympatric with in much of its range. It is likely that this species is actually a species complex of multiple different species that have been diverging since the Pliocene , and diverged from ...
Mertens' water monitor (Varanus mertensi), often misspelled Mertin's water monitor, is a species of monitor lizard. The species is endemic to northern Australia, and is a wide-ranging, actively foraging, opportunistic predator of aquatic and riparian habitats. [2] It is named after German herpetologist Robert Mertens. [3]
Varanus spinulosus, the Solomon Island spiny monitor, Isabel monitor, [1] [2] or spiny-neck monitor, [3] is a species of monitor lizard. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago and is also known from Santa Isabel Island , San Jorge Island ( Solomon Islands ) and Bourgainville Island ( Papua New Guinea ).
Mitchell's water monitor grows to an over 2 feet in length and requires a large bioactive enclosure,; recommendations of 8x4x4 ft are not uncommon, especially if attempting to breed. Providing a seasonal environment and food to mimic natural behaviors is said to be the best onset for breeding; however, these requirements can be difficult to ...
The main coloration of the turquoise monitor is black-brown and greyish-brown with some turquoise pattern. [6] The underside coloration is light yellowish to turquoise with a blackish pattern. The throat and lower part of the neck of this monitor lizard is mostly yellowish. Varanus caerulivirens can grow up to about 110 cm in total length. [3]