Nile monitor
varanus niloticus latin

Nile monitors could be vicious and ate anything small enough to catch and kill.

Turtles, fish, otters, Nile monitors and many different birds use the reservoir.

Nile monitors require a very large cage.

Leidy saw a close similarity between Saniwa and the living Nile monitor.

Other prey eaten by this species has included frogs, water snakes, Nile monitors and baby crocodiles.

Other animals found in the delta include frogs, turtles, tortoises, mongooses, and the Nile monitor.

Nile monitors have a tendency to defecate in the water dish, so clean it whenever soiled or at least daily.

If raised with regular handling and a positive view of its keeper, a Nile Monitor can to some extent be tamed.

Witness the Nile monitor lizard, dagger-clawed, blue-tongued and voracious.

The four-foot-long Nile monitor lay on its back, and just the twisted look of the body let me know it had finished its death throes.

Large Nile monitors occur as well, as do Speke's hinged tortoise.

Nile monitors require experienced care as pets and are not recommended for beginners; nevertheless they are often found in the pet trade.

Along with their totem, the Siwaña are also prohibited from touch the Nile monitor lizard (cas).

The Nile monitor has a very aggressive temperament with a powerful bite and a lashing tail and therefore is very dangerous.

In July 2008 a Nile monitor was spotted in Homestead, a small city southwest of Miami.

Nile Monitor, Lake Manyara.

Writer visits Cape Coral, Florida where an African lizard called the Nile monitor has recently become a nuisance.

The Nile Monitor is however a large (7-9 feet), fast traveling, fast swimming, carnivore with a wide diet, which can include fish, fowl, and small mammals.

It belongs to the subgenus Polydaedalus along with the Nile Monitor, the Savannah Monitor, and other monitors.

In 2010 the state created a hunting season for Burmese, Indian and African rock pythons, green anacondas, and Nile monitor lizards.

The Green Iguana and the Spiny-tailed Iguana and in 2009, the apex predator Nile Monitor was discovered.

Until 1997 they were considered a sub species of the nile monitor, but since then researchers found out they are their own species of monitor (varanus ornatus).

Common species of lizard include the large Nile monitor, the Agama seen around settlements, the Brook's House Gecko often lives inside houses, and Chamaeleos.

According to their tradition, a Soos is prohibited from touching a partridge (ceбel in Serer) or the Nile monitor lizard (cas in Serer).

The Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus), also called Water Leguaan, or River Leguaan, is a large member of the monitor lizard family (Varanidae).

It protects itself through camouflage and is much less conspicuous than the sympatric Varanus niloticus.

The Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus), also called Water Leguaan, or River Leguaan, is a large member of the monitor lizard family (Varanidae).