Rock Monitor Lizard
The rock monitor (Varanus albigularis), also called commonly the white-throated monitor, is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Central, East, and southern Africa. It is the second-longest lizard found on the continent, and the heaviest-bodied; locally, it is called leguaan or likkewaan. Wiki >Source
Check out this gorgeous creatures video above and how it was able to escape a pack unscathed:
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While we were having a great lazy Saturday afternoon – watching tv, the dogs as usual started barking. We assumed that they were either barking at people walking past or just randomly barking for no reason what so ever. Now anybody who has a dog (especially a yappy one such as a yorkie or jack russel) will know that dogs sometimes will even bark at the wind if they are bored and not much excitement happens around them…
I tried to make them keep quiet but this time they just wouldn’t listen, our jack russel pup looked quite scared when she ran to me while the other dogs were still around the corner. I was not expecting this much excitement at the end of the day!
Our male big dog had a teenage monitor lizard in his mouth. That thing was huge, but I know it was a teenager and not adult cause our mamma Monitor was even bigger than this one.
When I saw it in our dogs mouth I at first thought it was our kitten cause she has similar markings as the monitor lizard, I screamed at him, I think he got such a fright and dropped the poor thing, when it ran away I was kinda relieved that it was a monitor Lizard and not the cat, surprisingly enough in the whole 4 dog pack attacking the poor thing it never got hurt, maybe it’s ego was a bit bruised but that’s it.
When we got to film it, it stood high and proud and wasn’t scared to “strut it’s stuff”. It would whip it’s tale and hiss voraciously at us. It was quite scary. You could feel the pure force of its tale even while you were out of reach. We left it alone for a while but they went to find the poor creature again and the whole ordeal started all over again… Eventually the poor thing found a safe haven underneath an old rusted drum in the back of our property.
Ladies and gentlemen… I present to you our Rock Monitor Lizard… We estimate him to be around a 1 m long, so he is about half the size of what he will be when he grows up….
Here are a few fun facts about these beautiful creatures…
They have blue tongues, this is not from research, this fact I discovered on my own when we were so close to it.
I just found out what kind of Monitor lizard we have around here: It is the rock Monitor lizard…
The Rock monitor lizard is the second largest Lizard in Africa. it can grow up to – 2 m in length including its tail. It comes short to the Nile Monitor Lizard being the longest lizard in Africa.
Some people actually keep these giants as exotic pets, although it’s not recommended to try keep a monitor lizard and have dogs and cats, especially if the dog or cat is smaller than the lizard… The Lizard might mistaken the cat/dog for prey!
It is the heaviest bodied lizard on the continent… With adult males can weighing up to – 5 -8 kg (more mature males can reach a whopping – 15 -18 kg) and females weighing 3.3kg – 5 kg.
They are mostly carnivorous eating – Centipedes, eggs, small birds, small reptiles and small mammals, so keep watch over all your furry friends when one of these are around…
