Reptiles > Varanids & Squamata
OverviewThe Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator), known locally across Southeast Asia as the biawak or water monitor, is a colossal, semi-aquatic carnivorous monitor lizard belonging to the monitor family Varanidae within the order Squamata. Native to the rich...
Reptiles > Varanids & Squamata
OverviewThe Perentie (Varanus giganteus) is Australia’s largest native monitor lizard and the fourth-largest living lizard on Earth, exceeded in size only by the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor, and crocodile monitor. Endemic to the vast, scorching interior...
