Monitor Lizards (excluding V. komodoensis)

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Beverly Joubert: " Eye to eye with a dinosaur. Craning its neck to assess any potential threats, this Nile monitor posed briefly before quickly fleeing the scene. These lizards are amongst Africa’s largest and, while they are at home in the water, they also spend much of their time on land, basking on riverbanks, raiding croc nests for eggs, or even using their sharp claws to climb trees. That impressive tail is ideal for propelling the monitor through the Delta’s seemingly endless channels and spillways, and it doubles up as a defensive weapon should any predators stray within swatting distance.⁣ "

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