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  Wikipedia - Monitor lizard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitor_lizard
Evolutionary overview and classification of the family Varanidae (Monitor lizards).
  Varanus: The Pianka Lab Page http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/index.html
Varanus in the Great Victoria desert of Western Australia.
  Honolulu Zoo - Monitor Lizards http://www.honoluluzoo.org/monitor_lizards.htm
Physical characteristics, behavior, diet, reproduction and growth of Monitor lizards.
  Family Varanidae http://www.cites.org/common/cop/12/ESF12i-06A.pdf
Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world by Wolfgang Böhme.
  Oakland Zoo http://www.oaklandzoo.org/meet_the_animals/white-throated-monitor
Information about the White-Throated Monitor (Varanus albigularis).
  Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/verts/monitor_lizard.htm
Fact sheet on feeding, breeding, distribution, threats and the status in Singapore with photos and links.
  Family Varanidae http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Varanidae.html
Information about monitor lizards from the Animal Diversity Web. Descriptions, taxonomy and pictures.
  Fossil Monitor Lizards http://www.fossilnews.com/1995/varanus.html
About the fossil history of varanid (monitor) lizards.
  Australian Monitors http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/monitors/monitors.htm
Overview and pictures of monitors native to Australia.
  Varanidae http://www.wildherps.com/families/Varanidae.html
Pictures and descriptions of several Monitor species by John Sullivan on Wildherps.com.
  The History of Monitor Lizards http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/sciences/Paleontology/Paleozoology/Fossilvertebrata/HistoryLizards/HistoryLizards.htm
Article by Daniel Bennett about the fossil history.
  Megalania prisca http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/sanpr/naracoortecaves/ea6.html
Fossil found in the Naracoorte Caves in South Australia, an extinct Varanid that grew to as long as 5m (17 ft) and possibly weighed as much as 500kg.
  Black Tree Monitor (Varanus beccarii) http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Black_Tree_Monitor.asp
Description, food, habitat, social structure and senses of this monitor native to the Aru Islands of the coasts of New Guinea.
  Varanus Photo Album http://varanus.freeservers.com/album.html
Images of many species of monitors.
  Goanna Venom Rocks the Reptile Record http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/view.php?articleID=3009
Article about a discovery, made by a University of Melbourne-led team, that goannas and iguanas are venomous and share a common ancestor with snakes.

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