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monitor lizard


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Recent news articles on monitor lizard:


    Arugam Bay is swept by 6ft barrelling waves  Jan 2, 2004
    In between eating or surfing, there are canoes from which to spot monitor lizards and wild monkeys around the lagoon, plus yoga lessons and relaxing ... (The Times (subscription), UK)

    Endangered creatures for sale  Dec 20, 2003
    ...a few of them dead, packed tightly inside -- 198 Fly River turtles from New Guinea, 25 Indian star tortoises from India, and three Timor monitor lizards ... (Atlanta Journal Constitution, GA)

    Whatever Happened To: The spiny-tailed iguanas on Keewaydin ...   Dec 24, 2003
    Giardina said he is checking out reports that someone has released Nile monitor lizards on a wooded lot on a side street off Bayshore Drive, possibly to breed ... (Naples Daily News, FL)

    Occupational Hazard: Life on a Croc Farm  Oct 3, 2003
    Less than 25 percent of those eggs would hatch in the wild, with the rest eaten by monitor lizards and feral wild pigs or drowned by rainy season floods. ... (National Geographic)

    Enter the dragons  Sep 26, 2003
    The Nile monitor, or Varanus niloticus, is one of more than 30 species of monitor lizards, variously native to Africa, Asia and Australia. ... (St. Petersburg Times, FL)

    Giant monitor reported on the loose in Joseph  Sep 25, 2003
    ...is a water creature. Nile Monitor Lizards are natives of Madagascar. “He’s huge,” said Bliss of Fred. She said he weighed ... (Wallowa County Chieftain, OR)

    Islands in the sun  Sep 27, 2003
    If you're lucky, you may catch monitor lizards, monkeys, geckos, flying squirrels, butterflies and other creatures moving about around your chalet. (The Star, Malaysia)

    The facets and the faults  Sep 18, 2003
    Do I want to see crocodiles?". They turn out to be water monitor lizards but at least I'm not asked to buy them. Leaving Galle, what I want is a beach. ... (The Japan Times, Japan)




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