Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
L. borneensis. Binomial name. Lanthanotus borneensis. Steindachner, 1878. Earless monitor skull. The earless monitor lizard ( Lanthanotus borneensis) is a semiaquatic, brown lizard native to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. It is the only living species in the family Lanthanotidae and it is related to the true monitor lizards. [ 3][ 4][ 5]
Lizard diversity in the island has been documented and studied by many local scientists and researchers such as Imesh Nuwan Bandara, [8] Kalana Maduwage, Anjana Silva, [9] Rohan Pethiyagoda, and Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi. [10] There are 111 lizards known from Sri Lanka, with 17 newly discovered in 2006, and two more in 2016 and 2017.
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 ...
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 ...
The Caspian monitor is a largest lizard in Central Asia, with a maximum reliable length of 1.4 m (4.6 ft) and a mass of almost 3 kg (6.6 lb) The subgenus Psammosaurus includes in its a large lizards and medium by size monitor lizards, growing the length of don't less 120 cm (3.9 ft). [4]
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 ...
Earless lizards have two throat folds, large eyes, and 27 or fewer femoral pores. They are also described as having shorter fore legs compared to their hind legs and also rather long toes. Although they are called earless lizards, they are still completely capable of hearing, but their ears do not have an external opening.
The reserve is only 21 km (13 mi) from east to west, and a maximum of 7 km (4.3 mi) from north to south, but it is a treasure trove of endemic species, including trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Sinharaja forest vegetation density has been estimated at 240,000 plants per hectare, the most dense rain forest in Asia.