riparian habitats. It is named after German herpetologist Robert Mertens. Mertens' water monitor grows to a total length (including tail) of about 2.0 m (6...

The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is widely considered to be the second-largest...

species in Africa Water monitor or fire monitor, alternative names for deluge gun, a large firefighting device Mertens' water monitor, lizard species in...

ground goanna) Mertens' water monitor – V. mertensi Spiny-tailed monitor – V. acanthurus (also ridge-tailed monitor) Mangrove monitor – V. semiremex Black-headed...

and 1803 by François Marie Daudin. In 1942, Robert Mertens moved them both into the Nile monitor (V. niloticus); as synonyms or as a valid subspecies...

Tropidoclonion lineatum mertensi (Mertens' lined snake), and Varanus mertensi (Mertens' water monitor). Also Vanderhorstia mertensi (Mertens' shrimp goby) has been...

taste buds, monitor lizards and likely snakes as well completely lack taste buds. Merten's water monitor, the most aquatically adapted monitor species, is...

yellow-headed water monitor (Varanus cumingi), also commonly known as Cuming's water monitor, the Mindanao water monitor, and the Philippine water monitor, is a...

Mitchell's water monitor (Varanus mitchelli) is a semiaquatic species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is native to Australia. The...

dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian...

racing cyclist Robert Mertens (1894–1975), German herpetologist Mertens' water monitor Robert Mertens's day gecko Sibylle Mertens-Schaaffhausen (1797–1857)...

underwater. The only other monitor species reported to do this is Mertens' water monitor. They appear to be able to do this by draining water from their nostrils...

The marbled water monitor (Varanus marmoratus), also known commonly as the Philippine water monitor, is a large species of monitor lizard in the family...

Water goanna may refer to: Mertens' water monitor, an endangered lizard species in Australia Mitchell's water monitor, a critically endangered lizard...

The Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis), also called the Indian monitor, is a species of monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian subcontinent...

with the Bengal monitor, the Dumeril's monitor and other monitor lizards. It had previously been listed as a subspecies of Bengal monitor by some herpetologists...

depending on sources. The smallest representative of this genus is the Mertens' water monitor (Varanus mertensi) with a length of 1.3 m (4.3 ft) (SVL of 48 cm...

The rock monitor (Varanus albigularis) is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa, where, on...

The crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii), also known as the Papuan monitor or Salvadori's monitor, is a species of monitor lizard endemic to New Guinea...

The emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus) or green tree monitor, is a small to medium-sized arboreal monitor lizard. It is known for its unusual coloration...

The yellow-spotted monitor (Varanus panoptes), also known as the Argus monitor, is a monitor lizard found in northern and western regions of Australia...

the earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus). Varanus includes the Komodo dragon (the largest living lizard), crocodile monitor, savannah monitor, the goannas...

brown snake King cobra Komodo dragon Krefft's turtle Land mullet Mertens' water monitor Murray River turtle Radiated tortoise Red-bellied black snake Rhinoceros...

necked lizard Gidgee skink Green tree python Heath monitor Inland taipan Lace monitor Mertens' water monitor Perentie Pygmy spiny-tailed skink Red-bellied...

spiny-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus), also known as the Australian spiny-tailed monitor, the ridge-tailed monitor the Ackie dwarf monitor, and colloquially...

The ornate monitor (Varanus niloticus ornatus) is a monitor lizard that is native to West and Middle Africa. Comprehensive molecular analyses of the group...

Precipitous declines in populations of the northern quoll, Mertens' water monitor, and Mitchell's water monitor have been observed after toads have invaded an area...

ISBN 978-9774249792. Varanus griseus (Daudin 1803) Desert Monitor" Archived 2010-06-10 at the Wayback Machine Mertens, R, "Über die Rassen des Wüstenwarans (Varanus...

Mangrove viper Mangshan pit viper Mexican west coast rattlesnake Mertens' water monitor Mexican beaded lizard Northern caiman lizard Painted terrapin Perentie...

evolutionary implications of diet in monitor lizards". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 35: 379-407. Mertens R (1942). "Die Familie der Waranae...