Desert Monitor, Varanus griseus

Photo category:
Vertebrates specimen collection
Living Museum
Natural History Museum of Crete exhibition

Photo taken Locality: Greece, Crete, Heraklion
Photo taken by:
Trichas, A.
Photo taken date:
March 2013

Desert Monitor

Scaled Reptiles

Reptiles

Animals

Vertebrates

Close up photo of the head of the Desert Monitor, Varanus griseus. The largest lizard in the Mediterranean region and a very successful predator, hunting small mammals, lizards, snakes and insects. Because of its hunting ability, local people call it “the desert wolf”.