Desert monitor
Varanus griseus
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Reptilecarnivore
The desert monitor is a tough lizard built for harsh environments, roaming the sands and rocky plains of North Africa and Central to South Asia. This adaptable predator isn't picky, eating whatever smaller animals it can catch.
- Hunts both small backboned animals and spineless critters.
- Thrives across three continents' driest landscapes.
- Shares the monitor lizard family's signature forked tongue.
DesertSavannaAfricaAsia
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Reptile
- Scientific name
- Varanus griseus
- Habitat
- Desert, Savanna
- Regions in this directory
- Africa, Asia
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- large
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)
