I heard some rustling sounds on a walk through the Singapore Botanical Garden mid afternoon.

I was surprised to find this monitor lizard searching for food around the base of a tree.

On closer look, I can see it is still moulting. I quickly took a shot before it slithered away.

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Monitor

Smokey has been awakened by the rustling of grocery bags.

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For the Happy Caturday Group 1/22/2022 theme "Black & White".

Reptile

Monitor lizard is a reptile with a long scaly body, movable eyelids, a long tapering tail and four legs, typically living in a hot dry region.

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Sunset dam, Kruger National Park, South Africa

This one without a doubt was the largest one I've seen yet. Probably longer than 6 feet.

Wikipedia: The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from coastal northeast India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia, and southern China to Indonesian islands where it lives close to water.

Conservation status: Least Concern

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_water_monitor

Two meerkats keeping a close eye on their surroundings deep in he African bush. These animals are absolutely fascinating to watch and photograph.

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Monitor lizard, Malaysia.

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Chobe National Park

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Monitor Lizard, spotted yesterday at the sidewalk og a busy tourist place on Samui island, Thailand

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I think he/she is smiling at me. Well, actually it is thinking that I would make a good snack !

The 'Sand Motor' is a unique experiment. An artificial peninsula of sand should automatically maintain the beaches up north. The idea is that the Gulf Stream moves the sand up north, a slow process that is carefully monitored by this pole. Notice the tiny figure underneath.

This land monitor (varanus bengalensis) raised its head nicely as I got closer to it. The animal's snout is a little muddy from foraging - its diet is varied, including mice, ants, fruit, frogs, spiders, scorpions and beetles. Photographed in Yala, near Kirinda, Sri Lanka.

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Lory Park Zoo, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Chobe National Park, Botswana

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Comet 46P Wirtanen right side of mill blades. The windmill is a classic made by Baker industries steel windmill and pumps were their main business in the late 1800's and early 1900's

I've always found Northern Mocking birds at Lake Artemesia. This one might be a juvenile. They seem very protective of their territory and like perch and talk to you. This one seems to be keeping an eye on me.

Taken 17 July 2023 at Lake Artemesia, Maryland

Lory Park Zoo, Johannesburg, South Africa

Quickly moving from birds-in-flight to a not-quite-so-slow lizard, I still had short exposure time set, little time to get down to eye level and only few shots to capture the monitor. To my surprise, this high ISO version turned out quite acceptable. Slightly denoised with Lightroom and uncropped.

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Fort Worth Zoo

Varanus glebopalma on dusk in far western Queensland, Australia.

So Well Sculpted and Now From Black To White After The Spring Fires

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Eastern side of the Sierra Nevada looking east

(Varanus Mertensi) Monitor lizards (from the Latin monere ‘to warn’) are so-called because of the way they raise their heads and upper body in an apparently watchful pose. As you see in the photo, the lizard does appear to be keeping a lookout. Mertens’ water monitors are found in coastal and inland waters across far northern Australia, from Broome to the western side of Cape York peninsula. They’re always near water, where they bask on rocks or overhanging branches, or amongst aquatic plants.

These lizards actually dig burrows at the water’s edge, where they shelter at night.

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This baby Asian water monitor (varanus salvator) was a perfect, miniature representation of its species, right down to its camouflaged markings. Adults can grow to over 6 feet long but this little guy was closer to 6 inches. Photographed from a stream near Takua Pa, Phang Nga, Thailand.

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I have lots of photos of the Lace monitor lizards at the zoo, so here is another one. This is the male, he is bigger than the female and amazingly agile for his size and weight. When I took this shot he was climbing up an almost vertical rock wall to reach a ledge where he likes to sleep.