Monitor Lizard

Scientific Name: Courtesy of A. C. Diesmos (National Museum of the Philippines)

This lizard is over 6 feet long and weighs around 20 pounds. Though known by local hunters, it had eluded biologists until recently as it is primarily a tree-dweller. It is only found in the Northern Sierra Madre Forest on Luzon Island in the Philippines.

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