| Ornate Monitor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Subgenus: | Polydaedalus |
| Species: | V. ornatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Varanus ornatus (Daudin, 1803) |
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The Ornate Monitor (Varanus ornatus) is a species of Monitor lizard, native to West Africa.[1] They live in lowland rainforests.[2] It belongs to the subgenus Polydaedalus along with the Nile Monitor, the Savannah Monitor, and other monitors.
Ornate Monitors are quite large and can grow up to 2 meters in length.Until 1997 they were considered a sub species of the nile monitor, but since then researchers found out they are their own species of monitor (varanus ornatus).Nile monitors live in the area around the nile river
They feed on crabs, insects, centipedes, and small rodents.[3]
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