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Varanus giganteus  (3)
Varanus komodoensis  (13)

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Australian Monitors - Overview and pictures of monitors native to Australia.
Black Tree Monitor (Varanus beccarii) - Description, food, habitat, social structure and senses of this monitor native to the Aru Islands of the coasts of New Guinea.
Family Varanidae - Information about monitor lizards from the Animal Diversity Web. Descriptions, taxonomy and pictures.
Family Varanidae - Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world by Wolfgang Böhme. [PDF]
Fossil Monitor Lizards - About the fossil history of varanid (monitor) lizards.
The History of Monitor Lizards - Article by Daniel Bennett about the fossil history.
Honolulu Zoo - Monitor Lizards - Physical characteristics, behavior, diet, reproduction and growth of Monitor lizards.
Megalania prisca - Fossil found in the Naracoorte Caves in South Australia, an extinct Varanid that grew to as long as 5m (17 ft) and possibly weighed as much as 500kg.
Oakland Zoo - Information about the White-Throated Monitor (Varanus albigularis).
Philippine Wildlife - About the several species of monitors that live in the Philippines.
Treemonitors.com - Dedicated to the Varanus prasinus species group. With information about their natural history, species descriptions, evolutionary history and distribution over the world. Has also an assortment of articles about keeping them in captivity.
Varanidae - Pictures and descriptions of several Monitor species by John Sullivan on Wildherps.com.
Varanus Photo Album - Images of many species of monitors.
Varanus: The Pianka Lab Page - Varanus in the Great Victoria desert of Western Australia.
Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) - Fact sheet on feeding, breeding, distribution, threats and the status in Singapore with photos and links.
Wikipedia - Monitor lizard - Evolutionary overview and classification of the family Varanidae (Monitor lizards).


Goanna venom rocks the reptile record - Article about a discovery, made by a University of Melbourne-led team, that goannas and iguanas are venomous and sharing a common ancestor with snakes. (November 28, 2005)