Šmíd, Jiří;Moravec, Jiří;Kodym, Petr;Kratochvíl, Lukáš;Yousefkhani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian;Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar;Frynta, Daniel
Varanus griseus
Also known as Desert Monitor
species of reptile
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyVaranidae
Observations recorded1,842
via GBIF · IUCN
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The desert monitor (Varanus griseus) is a species of monitor lizard of the order Squamata found living throughout North Africa and Central and South Asia. The desert monitor is carnivorous, feeding on a wide range of vertebrates and invertebrates.
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