#monitor lizard

[herpsandbirds]

Asian Water Monitors (Varanus salvator), hug and kiss very sweetly, family Varanidae, Singapore

OK, well, actually they are fighting.

photograph by Neil Miner

[kaijutegu]

@iamjessemccartney you might have seen Merten's water monitors! They're a semi-aquatic species that spends a lot of time hanging out in water. I usually describe them as otter software running on lizard hardware.

There's other monitors that spend time in water- but these guys are otterish-sized (body-wise, the tail adds length!) and brown.

[typhlonectes]

Komodo dragons have iron-tipped teeth, new study shows

Komodo dragons, the world’s largest species of lizard, have iron-tipped teeth that help them to rip their prey apart, according to new research. The metal is concentrated in the cutting edge and tips of their curved, serrated teeth, staining them orange, scientists wrote in a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. Komodo dragons are native to Indonesia and weigh around 80 kilograms (176 pounds) on average. They eat almost any kind of meat and are known as deadly predators...

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/science/komodo-dragons-iron-teeth-scli-intl/index.html

[vintagewildlife]

Komodo dragon By: Larry Burrows From: Wild, Wild World of Animals: Elephants and Other Land Giants 1976

[fernuminous]

[eggtomatosoup]

ive been playing furry farmsim + bonus dndcharacter in an outfit that i don't think works at all

[natureisthegreatestartist]

What are these creatures? They're lace monitor lizards, which got their name from the lacy, speckled patterns on their scales. But don't try using them as doilies. They're big and they bite.

[ketrinadrawsalot]

The reference photos I got for the ambassador animals had some gems that I needed to illustrate 😂