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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 ...
As traditionally defined, the Nile monitor is a species complex. [3] The ornate monitor (V. ornatus) and West African Nile monitor (V. stellatus) were described as species in 1802 and 1803 by François Marie Daudin. In 1942, Robert Mertens moved them both into the Nile monitor (V. niloticus); as synonyms or as a valid subspecies. [12]
Hatchling. The ornate monitor (Varanus niloticus ornatus) is a monitor lizard that is native to West and Middle Africa. [1] [2] Comprehensive molecular analyses of the group have demonstrated that animals previously assigned to "Varanus ornatus" do not constitute a valid taxon and are actually polymorphisms of two different species; Varanus stellatus (west African Nile monitor) and Varanus ...
Hypixel Network, [3] simply known as Hypixel, is a Minecraft server that hosts minigames. It was released on April 13, 2013 by Simon "hypixel" (name of player is not written like the name of the server, but with a lower h (see list of admins)) Collins-Laflamme and Philippe Touchette, and is managed and run by Hypixel Inc. [4] Hypixel is only available on the Java Edition of Minecraft, [5] but ...
Varanus albigularis is on average the most massive lizard in Africa, as adult males average about 6 to 8 kg (13 to 18 lb) and females weigh from 3.2 to 5 kg (7.1 to 11.0 lb). [7] [8] [9] Large mature males can attain weights of 15 to 17 kg (33 to 37 lb), which would make it slightly smaller than the Nile monitor by maximum size. [10]
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 species. [1] About 80 species are recognized. Monitor lizards have long necks, powerful tails and claws, and well-developed limbs
The West African Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus stellatus) is a subspecies of the Nile monitor that is native to West African forests and adjacent savannah (east to northern Cameroon). [1] It has also been introduced to Florida , United States, where it is considered invasive .
[14] [2] [15] Although the hunting of wildlife is illegal without a permit in the Philippines under Republic Act No. 9147 9 (with indigenous peoples being exceptions to this rule), the hunting of monitor lizards for personal consumption, the bushmeat market, and the pet trade is widespread and largely uncontrolled.