Chinese name: Monitor Lizard
Latin name: Varanus salvator
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Description: Phylum Chordata, Reptiles, Lepidoptera, Monitor Lizard Family, Monitor Lizard Genus.
Large lizards, generally 1-2 m long. The head is small and long, the neck is long, the limbs are strong, and the tail is long and flattened. The back of the head is covered with small scales, and the nostrils are oval in shape, located near the end of the kiss between the snout eyes.
It lives near mountain streams and often catches fish, frogs or small mammals, as well as birds and eggs and animal carcasses.
It is found in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi and Yunnan. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Indochina, Indonesia, and Australia.
Protected animals at the national level.
