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  • Nile Monitor, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Bart Wursten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) susanne22, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Nile Monitor, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Tyrone Ping, all rights reserved

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    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Steve Mech, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Tristan Scholze, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Mathias D'haen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Nile Monitor

Varanus niloticus

Worldwide
7,237 observations
Group
Reptiles
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) is a large member of the monitor lizard family (Varanidae) found throughout much of Africa, but is absent from the west, where it is replaced by Varanus stellatus. Other common names include the African small-grain lizard, water leguaan or river leguaan (leguan, leguaan, and likkewaan mean monitor lizard in South African English, and can be used interchangeably).

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