» Australian Monitors - Overview and pictures of monitors native to Australia.
» Black Tree Monitor (Varanus beccarii) - Description, food, habitat, social structure and senses of this monitor native to the Aru Islands of the coasts of New Guinea.
» Family Varanidae - Information about monitor lizards from the Animal Diversity Web. Descriptions, taxonomy and pictures.
» Family Varanidae - Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world by Wolfgang Böhme. [PDF]
» Honolulu Zoo - Monitor Lizards - Physical characteristics, behavior, diet, reproduction and growth of Monitor lizards.
» Megalania prisca - 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.
» Oakland Zoo - Information about the White-Throated Monitor (Varanus albigularis).
» Philippine Wildlife - About the several species of monitors that live in the Philippines.
» Varanidae - Pictures and descriptions of several Monitor species by John Sullivan on Wildherps.com.
» Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) - Fact sheet on feeding, breeding, distribution, threats and the status in Singapore with photos and links.
» Wikipedia - Monitor lizard - Evolutionary overview and classification of the family Varanidae (Monitor lizards).
» Goanna Venom Rocks the Reptile Record - 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. (November 28, 2005)
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