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Mertens’_Water_Monitor

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    Christiane Geissler
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    Any small creatures it can find in the water, such as frogs, fish, crabs and small mammals. Plus it will also forage on land for small mammals, birds, eggs and even insects. The monitor is threatened by cane toads, because if it eats them it can die. Posted 9 years ago

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The Mertens’ Water Monitor

Mertens’ Water Monitor , often misspelled Merten’s Water Monitor, is a member of the monitor lizard family found in northern Australia, and is a wide-ranging, active foraging, opportunistic predator of aquatic and riparian habitats. It is named after German herpetologist Robert Mertens.

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Uploaded Mar 8, 2016. Captured in Unnamed Road, Nitmiluk NT 0852, Australia.
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