A Water Monitor photographed in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. This particular lizard was just short of five feet long. Scary…
Sri Lanka is home to three species of monitor lizard: the Bengal Monitor (Varanus bengalensis), a mainly terrestrial lizard found in dry forests and grasslands, the larger, semi-aquatic Water Monitor (Varanus salvator salvator) which lives near water and can grow to be one of the largest lizards in the world and the Spotted Tree Monitor (Varanus scalaris), The Water Monitor from Sri Lanka holds the world record for the longest lizard, measuring up to over 9 feet.
Only about 10 inches long is this Spotted Tree Monitor (Varanus scalaris)
A Bengal Monitor (Varanus bengalensis)
This monitor was just under three feet.
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