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Varan Mertens
Varan Mertens ( Varanus mertensi) - Kind of a family of lizards lizards, living in the rocky gorges along the river, next to the reservoir, swamps and lagoons in the east of Western Australia to the west Квинсленда.
Varan Mertens is very strongly associated with water and most of the time in the water,rarely leaving the water for more than a few meters. When danger lurks in the monitor lizard and water and can stay underwater for a long time. Varan Mertens perfectly adapted to the semi-aquatic way of life and can remain active at low body temperature.
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A giant lizard
A giant lizard or a large lizard ( Varanus giganteus) - Species of lizards of the family of lizards, lives in the western Квинсленда through central Australia to the coasts Western Australia.
A giant lizard – World's largest lizard fauna after the Komodo monitor, maximum length of the body with a tail 2,5 метра, but most specimens of the giant monitor lizard reaches a maximum 1,6 метра.Meters
Australian Moloch
Moloch ( Moloch horridus) - Lizard, lives in the sandy semi-deserts and deserts in the the central and Western Australia.
Body length up to Moloch 22 Centimeters, head is small and narrow, wide, flattened body is covered with numerous short curved horny spines of various sizes. The body color is a Moloch above brownish-yellow or reddish-brown with dark spots and a narrow ocher-yellow stripe, running along the middle of the back, bottom - light ocher with a pattern of dark bands. Moloch is able to change the color of the body, depending on temperature, lighting and the physiological state.