Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon female making nest hole in megapode mound (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Is,

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon female on megapode mound (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Is

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon males scavenging buffalo carcass (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Is

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon female on megapode mound (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Is Indonesia

Eric Baccega / Komodo dragon, male {Varanus komodoensis} Komodo Is, Indonesi

Jason Venus / Desert monitor lizard, Sahara desert

Jurgen Freund / Komodo dragon on Komodo Island, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Komodo dragon drinking, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Dario Novellino / Filipino migrant settler skinning Monitor lizard {Varanus} Palawan, Philippines

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon juvenile scavenging water buffalo carcass, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon males scavenging water buffalo carcass (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Island, Indonesia

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon scavenging Sunfish found dead on beach, Komodo island, Indonesia

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon hatchling emerging, Komodo Island, Indonesia. Eggs are laid underground, in this case under a megapode mound, and so hatchlings have to dig themselves out.

Jason Venus / Desert monitor (Varanus griseus) Sahara desert

Jason Venus / Desert monitor (Varanus griseus) Sahara desert

Nigel Marven / Perentie walking across sand. Australia

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon hatching from egg (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Is Indonesia. Eggs are laid underground, here under megapode mound.

Richard Du Toit / Nile monitor {Varanus niloticus} emerging from hole in dead tree trunk, Chobe NP, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Nile monitor portrait showing operculum and nostrils {Varanus niloticus} Chobe NP, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Nile monitor eating crab {Varanus niloticus} Chobe river, Chobe NP, Botswana

Fabio Liverani / Nile monitor for sale {Varanus niloticus} held by captors. Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa 2002

Tony Heald / Southern savanna (Rock) monitor {Varanus albigularis} Etosha NP, Namibia

Sharon Heald / Southern savanna (Rock) monitor {Varanus albigularis} panting Etosha NP, Namibia

Bernard Castelein / Bengal monitor lizard head portrait {Varanus bengalensis} Keoladeo Ghana NP, India

Steven David Miller / Merten's water monitor sunning {Varanus mertensi} Kimberley, Western Australia

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon males scavenging (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Island, Indonesia

Martin Willis / Gould's Goanna (Varanus gouldii), Dryandra Woodland State Forest, Western Australia, Australia

Chien Lee / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis), Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) in grass, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) walking, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) looking around, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Kevin Schafer/ AITo / Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) running from Common Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) on beach, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Giant Monitor Lizard (Varanus giganteus), Watarrka National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis), Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Stephen Belcher / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) pair on beach, Komodo Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Stephen Belcher / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) pair on beach, Komodo Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Stephen Belcher / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) on beach, Komodo Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Stephen Belcher / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) walking along shoreline, Komodo Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Stephen Belcher / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) on shoreline, Komodo Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Stephen Belcher / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) walking, Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Martin Gabriel / Gould's / sand monitor {Varanus gouldii} Kalbarri NP, Western Australia

Chien Lee / Bengal Monitor (Varanus bengalensis), Jakarta, Indonesia

Norbert Wu / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis), vulnerable species, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Miles Barton / Perentie lizard (Varanus giganteus) scenting with forked tongue, Alice Springs, Australia. Semi-captive.

Tony Phelps / Arabian Monitor Lizard (Varanus yemenensis) with tongue sticking out, from Yemen

Robert Valentic / Sand monitor {Varanus gouldii flavirufus} with mouth wide open, Northern Territory, Australia

Robert Valentic / Sand monitor lizard {Varanus gouldii flavirufus} South Australia

Jurgen Freund / Komodo Dragon smelling air with tongue (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) juvenile keeping a lookout for aggressive adults, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) large males in sun dappled monsoon forest, dry season, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) patrolling regular haunts through monsoon forest, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) large males basking on sun baked ground, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) drinking from small seep in dry season, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) two large males basking in sun, Komodo National Park, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) large male in monsoon forest, Komodo National Park, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) large males basking, Komodo National Park, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) large male basking, Komodo National Park, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Mitsuaki Iwago / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) walking through grass, Komodo National Park, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon scavenging carcass(Varanus komodoensis) Indonesia Komodo Island.

Jurgen Freund / Komodo Dragon faeces, Komodo Is (Varanus komodoensis)

Conrad Maufe / Komodo dragons {Varanus komodoensis} feeding on Buffalo Rinca Island, Komodo Is.

Martin Gabriel / Gould's / Sand monitor {Varanus gouldii} Kalbarri NP, Western Australia

Martin Gabriel / Gould's monitor (sand monitor) {Varanus gouldii} Kalbarri NP, Western Australia Murchison rive

Nick Garbutt / Bengal monitor lizard basking {Varanus benghalensis} Sukau, Sabah, Borneo Kinabatangan

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Monitor lizard {Varanus salvator} emerging from turtle nest after eating eggs. Sabah

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon female on megapode mound (Varanus komodoensis) Komodo Is

Jurgen Freund / Komodo dragon on beach {Varanus komodoensis} Komodo Is