Description Scientific Name: Varanus albigularis microstictus Life span: Up to 25 years or more in captivity The Black-throated Monitor is a dark gray-brown lizard with white and yellow markings on its body. These monitors may grow to be 2.1 m long including their tail. The body weight of these lizards is approximately 27 kg. These […]
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Description Scientific Name: Varanus glebopalma Life span: Up to 20 years ( captivity) The black-palmed rock monitor is around 100 cm long in total. They have a dark black back on which light brown scales are present. The overall color of the skin ranges from red to grey-brown in color. The scales show a reticulated
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Description Scientific Name: Varanus tritis Life span: Up to 40 years (wild) Black-headed monitors are small-sized monitors in Australia. It has two subspecies. V. t. tristis is the largest of two different subspecies, growing to a maximum length of 80 cm. Populations in and around Perth are entirely black, whereas those further north in warmer
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Description Scientific Name: Varanus yuwonoi Life span: 12- 20 years Black-backed mangrove monitor is also called Tri-colored monitor lizard. Due to the extreme difficulties of studying this species, the size of tricolor monitors at full maturity is presently unknown. The biggest individual measured 1.46 meters but was not completely mature. The species’ body is yellow,
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Description Scientific name: Varanus beccarii Life span: Up to 10+ years Black tree monitors are distinctive kinds of monitor lizards that have a primitive appearance. They possess slim bodies and lengthy tails that account for two-thirds of their whole body length. Male Black tree monitor lizards may grow up to a total length of 90–120
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Description Scientific Name: Varanus rudicollis Life span: 15-20 years The black rough-necked monitor is a medium to big-sized lizard, with adults reaching 3-4 feet in length, however, they can occasionally grow a little larger. They have a muscular torso, short legs, and a long tail, which give them the classic “Monitor” look. Additionally, they possess
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Description Scientific Name: Varanus bengalensis Life span: 22 years The Bengal monitor commonly known as the common Indian monitor is a monitor lizard that lives mostly on land. Its length ranges from around 61 to 175 cm. With a ventral patterning of crossbars ranging in coloration from gray to black from the snout to the
Description Scientific name: Varanus salvator Life span: 15-20 years The Asian water monitor is the second biggest species of monitor lizard. Although it is said to reach a maximum length of 3 meters, the majority of adults are no longer than 1.5 meters. They have a black temporal stripe with a yellow border that
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Description Scientific name: Varanus panoptes Life span: 15 to 20 years Argus monitors, sometimes known as yellow-spotted monitors, are beautiful lizards to see. Its back has rows of large, black markings that are intermingled with smaller, whiter patches. These large, dark spots are most noticeable in the center of the back. Towards the end of
Description Scientific name: Varanus acanthururs Life span: 15-20 years Ackie’s Dwarf Monitor is a medium-sized monitor lizard with an overall length of up to 70 cm, while there have been unverified reports of wild specimens attaining up to 34 inches. The length of the tail is roughly 1–2 times that of the head and
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