varanaus salvator

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varanaus salvator - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Water monitor \Wa"ter mon"i*tor\ (Zool.)
     A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It
     frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It
     becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor
     , and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other
     aquatic monitors.
     [1913 Webster]