Monitor Lizard: A Wildlife Guide To The Monitor Lizard✔️

6 Best Pet Monitor Lizard Species

A large monitor lizard goes into a hole on a termite mound.

This spectacular wild yellow-spotted monitor was filmed by reptile enthusiast Dan Rumsey, zookeeper at Australian Reptile Park. Also known as the Argus monitor, the adults can grow to a length of 1.5 meters. Turn your volume on for this folks, you're going to want to hear that incredible hiss! Video courtesy of Zookeeper Dan | Science Is Awesome

From Human Food Waste to Prey: What Monitor Lizards Really Eat

Cumingi yellow headed water monitor (Varanus cumingi) is a large semi aquatic monitor lizard native to the Philippines also known as the Philippine or Cuming’s water monitor that thrives in forest and water margins. It’s a carnivorous reptile that eats birds, fish, and mammals and is recognized as its own species distinct from the common water monitor. These lizards require specialized care in captivity including large enclosures with deep water for swimming high basking temperatures and a varie