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 | | Carter, D.B. Courtship and mating in wild Varanus varius. | | | Observations on Varanus salvator feeding on Oligodon octolineatus. | | | Ibrahim, A.A. A radiotelemetric study of the body temperature of Varanus griseus (Sauria: Varanidae) in Zaranik Protected area, North Sinai, Egypt. |
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http://www.herpbreeder.com/worldspecies/Sauria/platynota/varanuslit.htm
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| | Varanus Reference List |
| | Carter, D. Courtship and mating in wild Varanus varius (Varanidae: Australia). | | | Thompson, G. and Pianka, E. Body temperature of an arboreal monitor lizard, Varanus tristis (Squamata: Varanidae), during the breeding season. | | | Branch, W. R., and Erasmus, H. Notes on reproduction in South African water monitors, Varanus niloticus nitolicus, (Sauria: Varanidae). |
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http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/varanusrefs.html
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| | Fossil Monitor Lizards |
| | Monitor lizards or goannas (family Varanidae) are common in tropical and subtropical areas of the globe today, consisting of almost three dozen species spread across Africa, Asia, the East Indies, and Australia. | | | The largest is the ferocious, 3-meter Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) which will eat livestock and humans; most varanids are smaller (though still fairly large as lizards go -- a meter or two long), and feed on small animals, molluscs, insects, and eggs. | | | The first fossils of the genus Varanus are found in Africa in the Early Miocene, while the family Varanidae has a fossil history extending back into the Cretaceous of Mongolia. |
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http://www.fossilnews.com/1995/varanus.html
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| | A review of the small east African Cordylus (Sauria: Cordylidae), with the description of a new species. | | | Effects of incline on speed, acceleration, body posture, and hind limb kinematics in two species of lizards (Callisaurus draconoides and Uma scoparia). | | | Experimental evidence of an ontogenetic shift in chemically mediated predator avoidance in the southern water skink, Eulamprus heatwolei. |
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http://www.herpbreeder.com/pdf/pdfsauria.htm
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| | Monitor lizard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Monitor lizards are considered to be the most highly developed lizards, possessing a rapid metabolism (for reptiles), several sensory adaptations that benefit the hunting of live prey, and a lower jaw that may be unhinged to facilitate eating large prey animals. | | | The latter adaptation reveals the other relatives of the monitor lizards: snakes (Serpentes) are believed to have evolved from a sister group to the Varanidae. | | | In Australia monitor lizards are known as goannas (See main article). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanidae
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| | School of Natural Sciences: Phillip Mayes |
| | Successfully determining the sex of adult Varanus mertensi (Reptilia: Varanidae) using a combination of both hemipenile eversion and the ratio of androgens:oestradiol in plasma. | | | The reproductive cycle of the semi-aquatic Varanus mertensi (Reptilia: Varanidae). | | | The spatial interactions of Mertens Water Monitor, Varanus mertensi, and the Freshwater Crocodile, Crocodylus johnstoni, in the Ord River Irrigation Scheme, East Kimberley Western Australia. |
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http://www.chs.ecu.edu.au/org/sons/students/postgrad_students/phil_Mayes.php
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| | Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) |
| | There are some that hunt primarily in water. | | | Members of the Varanidae family are more often called monitor lizards. | | | They are found in Africa, Southern Asia, Indo-Australia, and Australia. |
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http://www.thebigzoo.com/zoo/varanidae.asp
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| | Resources on the Goanna Monitor from academic institutions |
| | Reptiles: Kakadu is also home to 11 species of turtle and tortoise, 11 goanna or monitor | | | Eric Pianka's Varanid Research: All living members of the Varanidae, commonly known as monitor lizards, are placed | | | Uni Planet: Australia: The Dragon of Oz:...around a metre shorter, it belongs to the family Varanidae. |
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http://mongabay.org/conservation/Goanna_Monitor.htm
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| | Lanthanotidae- Sepola Search 2005 |
| | The Lanthanotidae are localized (red polygon) within the range of Varanidae... | | | monitor lizard Any of about 30 species of lizards (genus Varanus, family Varanidae), found in the Old World tropics and subtropics. | | | Treated as a monophyletic group by Pough et al... |
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http://www.sepola.com/Lanthanotidae.html
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| | ImageMalaysia. Varanidae, Varanus salvator. , Malaysia, lizard, animal, Reptilia, Squamata, Varanidae, Varanus ... |
| | , Malaysia, lizard, animal, Reptilia, Squamata, Varanidae, Varanus salvator. | | | No part of this electronic document can be redistributed, sold, or copied. |
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http://en.rosfoto.ru/show/photo-32343.htm
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| | Varanidae |
| | Biogeographic Origins of Goannas (Varanidae): A Molecular Perspective. |
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http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/families/Varanidae.html
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