Nile monitor
(Varanus niloticus)[] | |
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Species ID: | 4-56-410-4643-10330 |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Varanidae |
Genus: | Varanus |
Conservation status: | DD - Data Deficient |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Links: | Wikipedia |
Other names[]
- African small-grain lizard
- Water leguaan
- River leguaan
Diet[]
- Fish
- Snails
- Frogs
- Eggs
- Snakes
- Birds
- Small mammals
- Insects
- Carrion
Biomes[]
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Montane grasslands and shrublands
- Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
- Deserts and xeric shrublands
- Mangroves
Locations[]
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Ecozones[]
Ecoregions[]
- AT0116 KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
- AT0119 Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0125 Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0128 Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0701 Angolan Miombo woodlands
- AT0704 Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
- AT0705 East Sudanian savanna
- AT0706 Eastern Miombo woodlands
- AT0707 Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0712 Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0713 Sahelian Acacia savanna
- AT0715 Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0716 Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0717 Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0718 Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0719 Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0721 Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0722 West Sudanian savanna
- AT0724 Western Zambezian grasslands
- AT0725 Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726 Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0903 Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna
- AT0904 Lake Chad flooded savanna
- AT0905 Saharan flooded grasslands
- AT0906 Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
- AT0907 Zambezian flooded grasslands
- AT1002 Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands
- AT1004 Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1006 Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1009 Highveld grasslands
- AT1010 Jos Plateau forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1012 Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
- AT1201 Albany thickets
- AT1316 Namibian savanna woodlands
- AT1401 Central African mangroves
- AT1402 East African mangroves
- AT1403 Guinean mangroves
- AT1405 Southern Africa mangroves
- PA1329 South Saharan steppe and woodlands