Monitor Lizard

The monitor lizard, also known as Varanus Indicus, can be found in Africa and all across Asia, including the surrounding seas. Female monitor lizards bury their eggs in holes or hollow tree stumps that the female monitor lizard then covers with dirt in order to protect her eggs. Monitor lizards can lay up to 30 eggs at a time, although many monitor lizard lay less, and only a lucky few of the monitor lizard babies tend to survive. Their main prey are rodents, snakes, and other lizards. They are apex predators, and use sharp claws and can sometimes be smaller than 20 cm in length. I chose this animal because I am fond of the komodo dragon, which is the largest of the species.