"I saw a monitor lizard," the President said yesterday during an environmental conference.
They have also been known to prey on monitor lizards.
Little is known overall about this species compared to other monitor lizards.
Present thought is that their closest living relatives are the monitor lizards.
They are mild and shy compared to other monitor lizards.
But they cannot keep out monitor lizards and other species known to make bad, though perfectly legal, pets.
Among reptiles, the monitor lizard is reported to be prominent.
But there were no monitor lizards anywhere in the New World.
The Water monitor is a large species of monitor lizard.
When all else fails they will eat reptiles, including monitor lizards and sometimes even fish.