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Yellow-spotted monitor. The yellow-spotted monitor [1] [2] [3] ( Varanus panoptes ), also known as the Argus monitor, [4] is a monitor lizard found in northern and western regions of Australia and southern New Guinea. [1] [2]
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
The forest monitor lizard can grow to more than 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in length, and weigh up to 15 kg (33 lb), or possibly more. [4] Its scaly body and legs are a blue-black mottled with pale yellow-green dots, while its tail is marked in alternating segments of black and green. [5] Dorsal ground coloration is black, accentuated with bright golden ...
Description. The yellow monitor is a medium-sized monitor, measuring between 45 and 95 cm (18 and 37 in) including the tail and weighing up to 1.45 kg (3.2 lb). [2] It has subcorneal teeth, scarcely compressed. Its snout is short and convex, measuring a little less than the distance from the anterior border of the orbit to the anterior border ...
An adult male Peter's rock agama. While they're nowhere near as large as iguanas or Nile monitors — more non-native species found in Florida — the Peter's rock agamas aren't the little lizards ...
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 those ...
The Timor monitor is a dwarf species of monitor lizard belonging to the subgenus Odatria. Generally, it is dark greenish-gray to almost black in background color, with bright gold-yellow or sometimes bluish spotting along its dorsal surface and a lighter straw-yellow color on its ventral side. It has a pointed snout, excellent eyesight and ...
Varanus albigularis. — Böhme, 1988. The rock monitor ( Varanus albigularis) is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa, where, on average it is the largest lizard found on the continent. It is called leguaan or likkewaan in some areas.