What is a monitor lizard?

The Lizor of the Monitor is the Lizard family, which ranges from a size from half a foot (15 cm) to the largest known lizard, a komodo dragon that can weigh up to £ 364 (165 kilograms).

All monitors are tropical reptiles and many of these reptiles are very hostile. They all have very long claws and tail that can be used to set off at the smallest sign of aggression. Do not be fooled by their size, because the lashes from the smallest monitor can leave a serious stripe. Unlike many lizards, the Lizard monitor cannot grow the tail back if it is lost.

, along with these natural defense, uses the POISE monitor to frighten its predators. The monitor, which stood on the head on the sky, often inflates the throat and beats the tail and puts on a scary display. Their ribs can spread slightly when they hissing, so this lizard actually looks bigger than it really is.

Moitora diet consists of turning on its claws. Shoot, this lizard, will beEat almost anything that fits in his mouth, from fish, beetles, whippers, crocodiles and birds, to eggs, crabs, other lizards, snakes, nesting birds and squirrels.

For reproduction, monitors often lie from 7-35 eggs with a soft shell in a hole dug near the banks of the river or grove of trees along the water. Eggs there incubate about 8-10 weeks before the young use a sharp egg tooth to outbreak from leather shells.

There are a surprising number of different varieties of monitor lizards; Here are two:

savanna monitor or varanus exanthematics can grow up to five feet (1.5 meters) long. It has a brownish color with several pale rings and stripes of colors. This monitor makes its home in Central Africa in hot and rocky forests. It is also very adapted to be on the ground and water.

For example, nile monitor or varanus niloticus.This particular lizard can grow to a length of 6 feet (1.8 meters). Pale yellow stripes are evident on dark brown skin. The Nile monitor also makes its home in Africa. He prefers to stay close to the water and can immerse himself for up to one hour. It is daily or active during the day.