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

Fabio Pupin / Rock monitor, (Varanus albigularis), popping out of grass, Ruaha NP, Tanzania, January . Non-ex.

David Perpinan / Cloacal prolapse in a captive, juvenile Savannah monitor lizard (Varanus exanthematicus). small repro only

Sylvain Cordier / Girl walking pet Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) in the street, France

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Rock monitor (Varanus albigularis) Bwabwata Conservancy, Namibia.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Savannah monitor lizards (Varanus exanthematicus) fighting, Ngamba island, Lake Victoria, Uganda.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Savannah monitor lizards (Varanus exanthematicus) fighting, Ngamba island, Lake Victoria, Uganda.

Wim van den Heever / Two Rock monitors (Varanus albigularis) fighting at night, Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa.

Denis-Huot / Steppe lizard (Varanus exanthematicus) Moremi game reserve, Botswana

Mary McDonald / Savannah monitor lizard {Varanus exanthematicus} flicking out its blue tongue, Samburu reserve, Kenya

Mary McDonald / Savannah monitor lizard {Varanus exanthematicus} walking across barren soil in Samburu NP, Kenya

Mary McDonald / Savannah monitor lizard {Varanus exanthematicus} Samburu reserve, Kenya