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Monitor lizard
Monitor lizard
Temporal range: Miocene to present
Monitor lizard in Kalahari.JPG
Rock monitor (Varanus albigularis)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Merrem, 1820
Type species
Varanus varius
Shaw, 1790
Subgenera
Empagusia
Euprepiosaurus
Odatria
Papusaurus
Philippinosaurus
Polydaedalus
Psammosaurus
Soterosaurus
Varaneades
Varanus
(see text for species)
Monitor lizard is the common name of several large lizard species, comprising the genus Varanus. They are native to Africa, Asia and Oceania, but are now found also in the Americas as an invasive species.
Monitor lizards have long necks, powerful tails and claws, and well-developed limbs. The adult length of extant species ranges from 20 cm (7.9 in) in some species, to over 3 m (10 ft) in the case of the Komodo dragon, though the extinct varanid known as megalania (Varanus priscus) may have been capable of reaching lengths of as much as 7 m (23 ft). Most monitor species are terrestrial, but arboreal and semiaquatic monitors are also known. While most monitor lizards are carnivorous, eating eggs, smaller reptiles, fish, birds and small mammals, some also eat fruit and vegetation, depending on where they live.[1]
Open main menu EditWatch this pageMonitor lizardMonitor lizardTemporal range: Miocene to presentMonitor lizard in Kalahari.JPGRock monitor (Varanus albigularis)Scientific classification eKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ReptiliaOrder: SquamataFamily: VaranidaeGenus: VaranusMerrem, 1820Type speciesVaranus variusShaw, 1790SubgeneraEmpagusiaEuprepiosaurusOdatriaPapusaurusPhilippinosaurusPolydaedalusPsammosaurusSoterosaurusVaraneadesVaranus(see text for species)Monitor lizard is the common name of several large lizard species, comprising the genus Varanus. They are native to Africa, Asia and Oceania, but are now found also in the Americas as an invasive species.Monitor lizards have long necks, powerful tails and claws, and well-developed limbs. The adult length of extant species ranges from 20 cm (7.9 in) in some species, to over 3 m (10 ft) in the case of the Komodo dragon, though the extinct varanid known as megalania (Varanus priscus) may have been capable of reaching lengths of as much as 7 m (23 ft). Most monitor species are terrestrial, but arboreal and semiaquatic monitors are also known. While most monitor lizards are carnivorous, eating eggs, smaller reptiles, fish, birds and small mammals, some also eat fruit and vegetation, depending on where they live.[1]
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