There are 80 recognized species of monitor lizards, including the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor, and the Nile monitor. Although most monitor lizards are venomous, their venom is not deadly ...

The Nile monitor was introduced around ... Aquatic monitor lizards are really good swimmers and can stay under the water for several minutes without needing to come up for a breath.

If you see a large, intimidating gray and yellow lizard, it’s probably a Nile monitor. They eat anything from bugs to iguanas, and state wildlife officials think they’re a problem.

The lizard was most likely an Asian water monitor, according to Ali Mulla, a conservation biology graduate student at the University of South Florida who’s studying a similar species, the Nile ...

Asian water monitors are in the same genus as the Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus), which was added to Florida’s prohibited species list in April 2021. The Asian water monitor is ...

Brose said the sanctuary has Nile monitors, so he was very familiar with this animal and how to safely wrangle it. The lizard was reunited with its owners thanks to the help of the Phoenix ...

Archie, the lizard rescued from the Loop 101 freeway on Wednesday, is a Nile monitor lizard, which are typically large in size and not native to Arizona. Isabel Kostich, the lead conservation ...

This skin pattern of a Nile monitor photographed in Florida. (Courtesy FWC) The African lizards will hunt nearly anywhere (in trees, on the ground, in burrows, and in both fresh and salt water ...