Monitor Lizard

Context:
- It can have an improved Three-Chambered Heart.
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Example(s):
- a Komodo Dragon.
- a Megalania.
- a Paleosaniwa.
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See: Vegetation, Varanus Salvator, Varanus Flavescens, Varanus Tristis, Varanus Prasinus, Varanus Komodoensis, Varanus Giganteus, Varanus Albigularis, Varanus Varius, Blasius Merrem, George Shaw (Biologist), Varanus (Empagusia).

References

(Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/monitor_lizard Retrieved:2023-10-28.
- Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the Americas as an invasive species. About 80 species are recognized. Monitor lizards have long necks, powerful tails and claws, and well-developed limbs. The adult length of extant species ranges from in some species such as Varanus sparnus, to over in the case of the Komodo dragon, though the extinct varanid known as megalania (Varanus priscus) may have reached lengths of more than . Most monitor species are terrestrial, but arboreal and semiaquatic monitors are also known. While most monitor lizards are carnivorous, eating eggs, smaller reptiles, fish, birds, insects, and small mammals, some also eat fruit and vegetation, depending on where they live.