Mangrove Monitor Lizards
Scientific name: Varanus indicus
Family: Varanidae
Order: Sauria
Class: Reptilia ...
Mangrove Monitor Species Profile
The mangrove monitor is semi-aquatic and arboreal by nature, spending much of their time in or near water.
Nile monitors, water monitors, mangrove monitors, and papau monitors have also been kept in captivity. Like all reptiles that are kept as pets, monitors need hiding places, and an appropriate substrate (bedding).
The Nile Monitor resembles and has similar habits as the Water Monitor (V. salvator) from Asia, and the Mangrove Monitor (V. indicus) from the mangrove swamps in India and other eastern coastal Mangrove swamps.
Mangrove Monitor - Varanus indicus
Nile Monitor, Ornate Nile Monitor
- Varanus niloticus
Pygmy Mulga Monitor - Varanus gilleni
Rusty Monitor - Varanus kingorum
Salvator or Asian Water Monitor
- Varanus salvator ...
Photo of Mike holding a mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus) that I had just caught in Guam at Ritidian Point on the north end of the island in July of 1996.
 See also: Lizard, Water Monitor, Nile monitor, Reptile, Snake
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