Water Monitor Lizard

The word Monitor is a calque of German Warner, which is a loanword from Arabic وَرَن The conflation of the two words was encouraged by the lizards' habit

The Malayan monitor lizard, varanus salvator, is an animal present in many parks in Bangkok: practical and useful information to see them

monitor lizard MONITOR LIZARD definition: 1 a large, powerful type of lizard that is found in tropical areas There… Learn more

monitor lizard 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