Nile
Monitor Lizard
size
Length.
7"
characteristics
semi-aquatic
• excellent swimmer & diver • can remain underwater up
to 1 hr • Oregon Zoo collection fat due to lack of exercise
diet
Wild. crocodile
eggs (crocodiles eat Nile Monitor Lizards) & young barbet hatchlings
• fish, mussels, & snails
habitat/range
along riverbanks
• digging burrows for shelter • Africa
other
31 different
kinds of monitors in world • West African Yoruba people's name
- "awonrivon"
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