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	Monitor lizard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Monitor lizards are the family Varanidae, a group of lizards which includes the largest living lizard, the Komodo Dragon.
		Monitor lizards are considered to be the most highly developed lizards, possessing a rapid metabolism (for reptiles), several sensory adaptations that benefit the hunting of live prey, and a lower jaw that may be unhinged to facilitate eating large prey animals.
		The latter adaptation reveals the other relatives of the monitor lizards: snakes (Serpentes) are believed to have evolved from a sister group to the Varanidae.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Varanidae (229 words)

	Herpbreeder.dk
		Aspects of the ecology of Varanus niloticus (reptilia, Varanidae) in south-eastern Nigeria, and their contribution to the knowledge of the evolutionary history of V.
		On the synonymy and taxonomy of the Bengal monitor lizard, Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802) complex (Sauria: Varanidae).
		Stanner, M. The etho-ecology of the desert monitor (Varanus griseus) in the sand dunes south of Holon, Israel.
	www.herpbreeder.com /worldspecies/Sauria/platynota/varanuslit.htm (2676 words)

	Varanus Reference List
		Bohme, W. The identity of Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838), and the nomenclature of the V.
		Jones, H. The gastric nematodes of Varanus caudolineatus (Reptilia: Varanidae).
		Thompson, G.G. Aspects of the morphology and metabolism of Western Australian goannas (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae) with particular referecne to the effects of body mass and shape.
	uts.cc.utexas.edu /~varanus/varanusrefs.html (5397 words)

	School of Natural Sciences: Phillip Mayes
		The thermoregulatory behaviour of Varanus mertensi (Reptilia: Varanidae).
		Successfully determining the sex of adult Varanus mertensi (Reptilia: Varanidae) using a combination of both hemipenile eversion and the ratio of androgens:oestradiol in plasma.
		The thermoregulatory behaviour of the semi-aquatic Varanus mertensi (Reptilia: Varanidae).
	www.chs.ecu.edu.au /org/sons/students/postgrad_students/phil_Mayes.php (717 words)

	Herpbreeder.dk
		polychrotidae - scincidae - teiidae - tropiduridae - varanidae - xantusiidae
		Patterns of morphological variation and correlates of habitat use in chameleons.
		Experimental evidence of an ontogenetic shift in chemically mediated predator avoidance in the southern water skink, Eulamprus heatwolei.
	www.herpbreeder.com /pdf/pdfsauria.htm (4189 words)

	Fossil Monitor Lizards
		Monitor lizards or goannas (family Varanidae) are common in tropical and subtropical areas of the globe today, consisting of almost three dozen species spread across Africa, Asia, the East Indies, and Australia.
		The first fossils of the genus Varanus are found in Africa in the Early Miocene, while the family Varanidae has a fossil history extending back into the Cretaceous of Mongolia.
		The nearest living relatives of modern goannas are the earless monitor Lanthanotus, an obscure southeast Asian lizard, and the gila monster and beaded lizard of the genus Heloderma.
	www.fossilnews.com /1995/varanus.html (698 words)

	Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
		Members of the Varanidae family are more often called monitor lizards.
		They are found in Africa, Southern Asia, Indo-Australia, and Australia.
		There are some that hunt primarily in water.
	www.thebigzoo.com /zoo/varanidae.asp (83 words)

	Resources on the Goanna Monitor from academic institutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Eric Pianka's Varanid Research: All living members of the Varanidae, commonly known as monitor lizards, are placed
		Reptiles: Kakadu is also home to 11 species of turtle and tortoise, 11 goanna or monitor
		Uni Planet: Australia: The Dragon of Oz:...around a metre shorter, it belongs to the family Varanidae.
	mongabay.org /conservation/Goanna_Monitor.htm (506 words)

	Lanthanotidae- Sepola Search 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Varanoidea --- Varanidae --- Helodermatidae --- Lanthanotidae-" Ophidia/Snakes-...
		The Lanthanotidae are localized (red polygon) within the range of Varanidae...
		monitor lizard Any of about 30 species of lizards (genus Varanus, family Varanidae), found in the Old World tropics and subtropics.
	www.sepola.com /Lanthanotidae.html (431 words)

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