Monday, June 24, 2013

Nile Monitor Lizard



The Nile Monitor is a largely an aquatic lizard and one of the most biggest lizards in Africa , Sub-Saharan Africa that is. Their size is up to 8 feet (2.4 meters).It has tough skin,which is covered with bead-like scales,and nostrils located high up on their nose-an adaptation for swimming.They eat frogs, toads, rodents, birds and their eggs, fish, reptiles, beetles, crabs, earthworms, slugs, spiders, caterpillars, and millipedes.



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