Nile Monitor Lizard (Varanus niloticus)
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About Nile Monitor Lizard (Varanus niloticus)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Reptiles
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
- Family: Monitor
Given its colossal range, it is no surprise that the Nile monitor occurs in a wide variety of habitats, wherever there are permanent bodies of water (6). Although this excludes deserts, this species has been found in most other habitats including grassland, scrub, forests, mangroves, swamps, lakes and rivers (2).
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Visits
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2002-12-02Chobe National Park - Kasane, Botswana
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2011-01-23Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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2017-01-08Queen Elizabeth II National Park, Uganda
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2025-02-07Tanga, Tanzania
