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The mangrove monitor, [4] mangrove goanna, or Western Pacific monitor lizard (Varanus indicus) is a member of the monitor lizard family with a large distribution from northern Australia and New Guinea to the Moluccas and Solomon Islands. It grows to lengths of 3.5 to 4 ft (1.1 to 1.2 m).
The goanna features prominently in Aboriginal mythology and Australian folklore. Being predatory lizards, goannas are often quite large with sharp teeth and claws. The largest is the perentie (V. giganteus), which can grow over 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in length. Not all goannas are so large; pygmy goannas may be smaller than the arm of an adult human.
Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only ... the lizards became known as "goannas" in ... Asian water, Nile, mangrove, emerald tree, black ...
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The lace monitor (Varanus varius), also known as the tree goanna, is a member of the monitor lizard family native to eastern Australia. A large lizard, it can reach 2 metres (6.6 ft) in total length and 14 kilograms (31 lb) in weight.
Varanoidea is a superfamily of lizards, including the well-known family Varanidae (the monitors and goannas). Also included in the Varanoidea are the Lanthanotidae (earless monitor lizards), and the extinct Palaeovaranidae. Throughout their long evolutionary history, varanoids have exhibited great diversity, both in habitat and form.
Eromanga, Queensland. A species of Varanus, lizards known as monitors and goannas, that is found in a variety of habitat.Due to the taxonomic uncertainty during the twentieth century the species form and behaviour has included taxa later recognised as distinct species, this includes V. rosenbergi, formerly treated as a subspecies and later elevated, and V. panoptes, described as a new species ...
Tiliqua multifasciata (Centralian blue-tongued lizard) Tiliqua occipitalis (western blue-tongued lizard) Tiliqua scincoides (eastern blue-tongued lizard) Trachydosaurus rugosus (shingle-back) Varanidae (goannas or monitors) Varanus acanthurus (ridge-tailed monitor) Varanus brevicauda (short-tailed pygmy monitor) Varanus caudolineatus (line ...