Description Scientific name: Varanus komodoensis Life span: 30-50 years Komodo dragons are the world’s biggest lizards, growing up to 10 feet long and weighing more than 300 pounds. Juveniles have green skin with streaks of yellow and black. Adults are uniformly drab and brown to brownish red in hue. Rough scales consistently cover their powerful […]
Description Scientific Name: Varanus kingorum Life span: up to 20 years It’s incredible to consider that this little lizard shares a genus with the enormous Komodo dragon. Its overall length ranges from 7 to 9 inches, with the tail accounting for more than half of that. Rusty brown and orange are the predominant colors, while
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Description Scientific Name: Varanus glauerti Life span: Up to 20 years (captivity) The Kimberly Rock Monitor may grow to be nearly 3 feet long, with the majority of that length made up of its tail. They often have a base color that is light brown or grayish, with crossbands running down their back that are
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Description Scientific name: Varanus parasinus Life span: 10-15 years The Green Tree Monitor has a body that is between 75 and 100 cm long. It also goes by the name Emerald tree monitor. It lives in trees and is distinguished by its distinctive color, which comprises emerald and turquoise tones topped with black, transverse dorsal
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Description Scientific name: Lanthanotus borneensis Life span: up to 7- 10 years The Earless monitor lizard has a long neck, cylindrical body, short limbs with sharp claws, and tiny eyes with semi transparent eyelids. They have 6 horizontal rows of scale with sharp keels. Regardless of their name, they can hear even if they don’t
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Description Scientific name: Varanus dumerilii Life span: Up to 20 years Dumeril’s monitors are mostly dark brown, with a few brighter but unclear crossbars. The juveniles show very different patterns and colors on their body. They may appear dark black, which is divided up on the back by a number of yellow crossbars. Juveniles have
Description Scientific name: Varanus griseus Life span: more than 17 years The Desert monitor lizards have body colors that vary from light brown and yellow-gray. They may grow to about 2m of their total body length although their normal length is around 1m. Desert lizards have yellow spots on its back with horizontally arranged dark
Description Scientific name: Varanus salvadorii Life span: Up to 10- 15 years in captivity The crocodile monitor is one of the longest monitor lizards that grows up to 8 feet in length. The tail is 2/3rd of the total length of the body. In captivity, after hatching the growth rate is 2 inches per month.
Description Scientific Name: Varanus nebulosus Life span: Up to 22-23 years The clouded monitor may grow to a length of about 1.5 meters. It resembles another monitor called Malayan Water Monitor in appearance. Their nostrils are present between the snout and the eye. These monitors are brown-gray in color with yellow specks all over them.
Description Scientific Name: Varanus keithhornei Life span: Up to 20 years The canopy goanna monitor has a dark black coloration on the upper side of its body. These monitors have scales on its head that are not much larger in size and have a smooth texture. their tail has no keel on it. They are
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