- and Var**** bitatawa) are
primarily frugivores.
Among species of
living varanids, the
limbs show
positive allometry,
being larger in larger-bodied species...
-
Varanids last
shared a
common ancestor with
their closest living relatives,
earless "monitors",
during the Late Cretaceous. The
oldest known varanids...
-
monitor lizards (
varanids) of Africa, Asia, and Australia, the wide
geographical separation and
unique features not
found in the
varanids indicates they...
- The
Asian water monitor (Var**** salvator) is a
large varanid lizard native to
South and
Southeast Asia. It is one of the most
common monitor lizards...
- relatives,
including Iguania, Anguimorpha, and snakes.
Closely related varanids use a
potent venom found in
glands inside the jaw. The
venom in
these lizards...
-
cladistical correlation,
although some of
these features are
shared with
varanids.[citation needed]
Genetic studies in
recent years have
indicated snakes...
-
Sphaerodactylus ariasae to
nearly 3 m (10 ft) in the case of the
largest living varanid lizard, the
Komodo dragon. Most
lizards are
fairly small animals. Lizards...
-
which was the same type of
dentition of many
dinosaurs . As with
other varanids,
Komodo dragons have only a
single ear bone, the stapes, for transferring...
-
determine whether the
dinosaurs maintained their temperature seasonally. A
varanid lizard fossil sampled for the
study showed isotopic variation consistent...
-
monitor lizards (
varanids) of Africa, Asia, and Australia, the wide
geographical separation and
unique features not
found in the
varanids indicate the beaded...
