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Adult male Freckled Monitor (Varanus tristis orientalis) from the White Mountains region of far North Queensland, Aust.
Seville Santa Justa Train Station - Seville(Sevilla) Spain. I had no tripod so the ISO is a little high on this photo, but with the D610 it still did a pretty good job capturing the detail.
Meet the Rainbow Rock Monitor (Varanus iridis). The lollypop lizard, I like to call it- because the colours are so cool, you really want to give it a lick..
The Rainbow Rock Monitor is a small-bodied, rock-adapted monitor lizard species endemic to Far North Queensland, Australia, and formally described in February of this year (Zozaya et.al., 2026).
It is one of three new rock-dwelling monitor species discovered by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) in the eastern Australian savannas, challenging previous beliefs about the distribution of rock-adapted monitors.
REFERENCE:
Zozaya, S. M., Read, W. J., Macor, S. A., Pavón-Vázquez, C. J., Gale, N. P., Wright, J. M., & Broady, E. S. (2026). Three new species reveal an unrecognized clade of rock monitors (Varanidae: Varanus) from the eastern Australian savannas. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaf192
Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the Americas as an invasive species. About 80 species are recognized. Wikipedia
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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.
The battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack took place on March 9, 1862 during the Civil War. The battle became famous because it was the first battle between two ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The CSS Virginia was referred to as the Merrimack because it was rebuilt into an ironclad warship from the burned-out hull of the USS Merrimack. While the Merrimack looked larger in the water and had a metal ram attached to the front of the ship, the Monitor had a low profile in the water and had a rotating gun turret that housed two 11 inch cannons. All day the two ships shot cannon balls at each other at close range without inflicting much damage to either ship. The battle, though inconclusive,
received worldwide attention and made it clear that ironclad ships were the future of naval warfare.
If you look at the likeness of the old ships, their shapes bear a striking resemblance to the shapes of these two buttes. The Merrimac Butte (the large rock to your left) and the Monitor Butte (on the right) are composed of Entrada sandstone. This Entrada sandstone is composed of three “members” or components—Dewey Bridge, Slickrock and Moab Tongue. The different “members” of the Entrada layer erode at different rates. The Dewey Bridge “member” erodes more quickly, causing the Slickrock cliffs to collapse. The process has created the Monitor and Merrimac Buttes.
The lace monitor or tree goanna is native to eastern Australia. A large lizard, it can reach 2 metres (6.6 ft) in total length and 14 kilograms (31 lb) in weight. Lace Monitors eat insects, mammals, reptiles (including snakes), eggs and nestling birds. They become used to humans and have wandered through some of the campgrounds we have stayed at, where they will forage for food that may be left around.
Despite their size they are adept at climbing trees - this one was disturbed on one of our hikes, staying quite still while we watched, and upon our return an hour later it scuttled up the same tree again.
(Enlarging the photograph will show the leathery textured skin and the very sharp claws.)
The neighbors had a bbq in their backyard yard with about 20 or so adults and children that required close monitoring.
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, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia to Indonesian islands where it lives close to water.
Conservation status: Least Concern
The water monitor lizard is a common sight in the most nature parks of Singapore, they love to hang around and in the ponds and creeks looking for an easy meal like fish, frogs and birds.
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore
Monitor Lizard
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The black-headed monitor or black-tailed monitor is a relatively small species of monitor lizards native to Australia. It is occasionally also called the mournful monitor, freckled monitor or the racehorse monitor, a name it shares with the Gould's monitor due to their exceptional speed.
La scena era per testare un tele 400 di un mio amico, puntando nel mezzo della lampada da scrivania e il top del mio monitor...e' venuta fuori questa foto, simpatica per uno sfondo di scrivania.
Monitor lizards are, as a rule, almost entirely carnivorous,consuming prey as varied as insects, crustaceans, arachnids, myriapods, mollusks, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Most species feed on invertebrates as juveniles and shift to feeding on vertebrates as adults.
The biggest I have seen, at least 6ft long, was in Malaysia but it went crashing into the jungle before I could get a shot of it and there is no way was I going in there after it ;-))
Go back 2 days, exactly 3 years ago I did this angle of Carmont. Notably the new embankment cameras (monitoring equipment) which have popped up on this stretch. Farmers have the same routine, after 3 years. Ploughed for tatty growing. Amazing what you can see from a picture. A2CB project is in swing, but having read the topics from ‘the herald’. There’s opposition to halt the program
Lumphini (lumpini) Park has a large population of Asian Water Monitor Lizards. Some are quite large. They are not aggressive but will react if they feel threatened or you are near their nests. Bangkok, Thailand
Another time, on the beach near SAF Yacht Club, I saw a Clouded Monitor Lizard wandering about. Upon seeing that Reptile, I quickly kept a wider distance from it. It seem harmless, but yon never know. Better safe than sorry!
More pics in The Wake Board Training Sessions album.
The Wake Board Training Sessions album
*Note: More pics of Mammals, Reptiles and other Vertebrates in my Fauna ~ Vertebrates Album.
MPD Special Operations Division SGT monitoring the 'Reclaim the Dream' march as it moved westbound on Constitution Avenue, NW toward 15th Street and the National Mall.
Washington, DC / August 28, 2010
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