Monitor lizards, a diverse group found ... wild pigs, and water buffalo. They use their powerful jaws and sharp teeth to deliver a venomous bite that weakens prey through blood loss and shock.

There are 80 recognized species of monitor lizards, including the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor ... Because monitor lizards have sharp teeth and venom their bites can be hazardous.

For example, rhesus macaque monkeys and Asian water monitor lizards often run into each other ... damage with their powerful bite and serrated teeth. Fortunately for the monkeys, monitors are ...

Asian water monitor lizards normally live in canals, swamps, sewers and ponds in cities in Southeast Asia. They feed on fish, snakes, frogs and scraps of food left by humans. New Canadian PM Mark ...

“This monitor lizard is not from Singapore. It took a very wrong turn to end up here,” he quipped. The three species of monitor lizards that can be found in Singapore are the Malayan water ...

Onlooker Amnat Lerttanachai said: 'The monitor lizard was huge. It approached two motorcycles on the side of the road before disappearing into a garden.' Asian water monitor lizards normally live ...

The lizard was most likely an Asian water monitor, according to Ali Mulla, a conservation biology graduate student at the University of South Florida who’s studying a similar species ...

In a video that first appeared on TikTok on May 27, two Asian water ... The monitor lizards have extremely muscular builds, powerful tails, sharp claws, and jaws with serrated teeth and glands ...

“We believe it to be an Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) but are unable to definitively confirm identification based on this video,” FWC said in a statement. “Monitor lizards are ...

After Aland sent videos of the lizard to the Florida Wildlife Commission, the agency confirmed that the animal was a non-native Asian water monitor lizard and was estimated to be five feet long. ' ...

A massive, 5-foot-long lizard, presumed to be an Asian water monitor, was seen scurrying around a busy road in western Florida recently. "He’s huge," Renee Aland can be heard saying in video she ...