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Nile monitor
(Varanus niloticus)[]
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[]

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