Southern Forests
Nile Monitor
Nile monitors can grow to be over six feet long and are dangerous to humans when cornered. Adaptable and able to survive in most habitats where water is present, they will eat almost anything they can catch. In their native habitat, they raid the nests of other reptiles and eat their eggs, so there is great concern about their potential impact on native reptile populations.
Photo: Gary M. Stolz, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bugwood.org
Nile Monitor
Nile monitors can grow to be over six feet long and are dangerous to humans when cornered. Adaptable and able to survive in most habitats where water is present, they will eat almost anything they can catch. In their native habitat, they raid the nests of other reptiles and eat their eggs, so there is great concern about their potential impact on native reptile populations.
Photo: Gary M. Stolz, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bugwood.org