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Monitor Lizards (excluding V. komodoensis)

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Monitor Lizards (excluding V. komodoensis)

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Varanus niloticus

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Nile Monitor - Varanus niloticus
Borakalalo National Park, North-West Province
17 September 2011
Nile Monitors can grow to about 9 ft (2.7 m) in length and are commonly found on the banks of rivers sunning themselves - their nostrils are placed high on the snout, indicating that these animals are highly aquatic, but are also excellent climbers and quick runners on land. Nile Monitors feed on fish, snails, frogs, crocodile eggs and young, snakes, birds, small mammals, large insects, and carrion.
In South Africa they are commonly referred to as "leguaan," from the Dutch for iguana.

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