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A wild Nile Monitor lizard in Gambia, Africa Royalty Free Stock Photo

Nile monitor looking out Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Rock monitor Varanus albigularis. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Nile monitor having a rest Royalty Free Stock Photo

varanus exanthematicus Savannah monitor lizards are robustly built, with relatively short limbs and toes, and a skull Royalty Free Stock Photo

The savanna monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) is a species of monitor lizard native to Africa. The species is known as Bosc's monitor in Europe, since French scientist Louis Bosc first described the species. It belongs to the subgenus Polydaedalus, along with the Nile, the ornate and other monitors.