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Malayan Water Monitor Lizard

Varanus salvator

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Field Notes

Description:

Large carnivorous lizard, up to 1.3 metres long, eats just about anything it can catch.

Habitat:

Normally close to water, has been known up to 1,000 metres (though not in Singapore!).

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Water monitor

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PublishedMarch 31, 2011

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