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2. 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 ...

3. Savannah monitor - Wikipedia

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   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. [ 17 ] Despite its prevalence in global pet trade, successful captive reproduction is very rare, and a high mortality rate is associated with the species.

4. Monitor lizards attract tourists to Bangkok park - AOL

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   Wild monitor lizards have become an unlikely attraction at this park - with tourists visiting to take pictures of the reptiles. Officials believe there are around 400 of the creatures lurking in ...

5. 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

6. Varanus (Varanus) - Wikipedia

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   True monitors live in Australia alongside the much smaller and more diverse dwarf monitors. Their dominance was challenged but remained stable in the face of invasive species . Among them, desert-dwelling true monitors (the Perentie , the Sand goanna , the Argus monitor , the Rosenberg's monitor and the Spencer's goanna ) all remain a status of ...

7. Varanus (Polydaedalus) - Wikipedia

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   Nile monitors usually measure 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in length and weighs around 5 kg (11 lb), with exceptionally large specimens exceeding 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) in length and 20 kg (44 lb) in mass, making it not only the fourth largest lizard after the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor and crocodile monitor, but also the second largest reptile in the ...