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Asian water monitor

life science Maturity 7-9

This is a big lizard.

Great big monitor lizard who goes swimming Sri Lanka (cropped).jpg
Great big monitor lizard who goes swimming Sri Lanka (cropped).jpg
It likes to swim in water. It can eat fish and frogs. It is very strong. It has sharp claws.
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Baby varanus salvator.jpg
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File:Great big monitor lizard who goes swimming Sri Lanka (cropped).jpg
Great big monitor lizard who goes...
File:Varanus salvator andamanensis (cropped).jpg
Varanus salvator andamanensis (cropped).jpg
File:Biawak (cropped).jpg
Biawak (cropped).jpg
File:Southeast Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator ssp. macromaculatus) (cropped).jpg
Southeast Asian Water Monitor (Varanus...
File:Sulawesi water monitor (Varanus salvator celebensis) (cropped).jpg
Sulawesi water monitor (Varanus salvator...
File:Monitor lizard - Pulau Sapi - Sabah - Borneo - Malaysia - panoramio (cropped).jpg
Monitor lizard - Pulau Sapi - Sabah -...
File:Baby varanus salvator.jpg
Baby varanus salvator.jpg
File:Monitor Lizard, Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve, Singapore (1669835154).jpg
Monitor Lizard, Sungei Buloh Wetlands...
File:Water monitor showing split tongue .jpg
Water monitor showing split tongue .jpg
File:Asian water monitor, Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary.jpg
Asian water monitor, Sundarbans East...
File:Varanus salvator (illustration).jpg
Varanus salvator (illustration).jpg
File:Lizard eating stingray (cropped).jpg
Lizard eating stingray (cropped).jpg

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📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 12.3 | Vital Level 5