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The Amazing Monitors By Kira Monitor Lizards are big lizards that live in Africa, Asia and Australia and you can find them all over in the wild! You will learn amazing mind blowing facts about them and just one step will take you closer to the wild. Big Scale Dresses Learn about what Monitor Lizards look like so you can recognize one when you see one. The name goannas was given to the Australian Monitor Lizard because the early European settlers thought they looked like South American Iguanas. Some grow to 7 feet and 2 meters! They are the largest lizards alive. Water Monitor Lizards are the second to largest Monitor Lizard in the world! Some of them have forked tongues. Goannas can unhinge their jaws. They swallow their food whole like snakes instead of chewing. If they bite it will be very hard to make them let go. If a Monitor Lizard loses its tail it doesn’t grow back. Their eggs normally have leathery shells. There are 2 types of Monitor Lizards the Nile Monitor and the Ornate Nile Monitor Lizard. The Nile Monitor Lizard has torso bands 5 to be exact and the Ornate Nile Monitor Lizard has 7 torso bands. All Goannas are dark grey, olive or brown and some of them show a unique pattern of lighter grey white or yellow. A tiny relative to the largest Monitor in Australia is the short tailed Monitor Lizard and it’s 20.cm. In My Cozy Home Learn where the monitor lizards live so you will be able to find them. They are normally found across Africa to Asia. The Dessert Monitor Lizard lives in Africa, Asia and Australia. Goannas absolutely adore sand. The Nile Monitor Lizard is the biggest lizard of all Africa. They dig a fair amount of holes except water monitors. Small Monitor lizards can be kept in a terrarium, but adults need a house. There are over 20 different species that live in different environments Ready Set Go! Learn how fast monitor lizards go and how long they stay in water. Goannas can run very fast on their hind legs and are very good at climbing. They can run 10 miles an hour. The Nile Monitor lizard lives near the water and can dive up to an hour.


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