Nile Monitor 🦎

Nile Monitor

The Nile monitor ( Varanus niloticus ) is a large member of the monitor lizard family (Varanidae) found throughout much of Africa, but is absent from the west, where it is replaced by Varanus stellatus . Other common names include the African small-grain lizard , water leguaan or river leguaan (leguan, leguaan, and likkewaan mean monitor lizard in South African English, and can be used interchangeably).