Talk:Monitor lizard

message: Should the class not be reptilia or at least some mention?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.26.217.95 (talk) 07:26, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Taxonomy

message: this article says that some monitor lizards, including komodo dragons, are venomous, but the komodo dragon page says that they are in fact not venomous, they just harbor 50 strains of bacteria, which I've heard several times before.  I would change it but it says that's a new theory so for all I know they may have found true venom in komodo dragons, whichever is the case, either this page and the venom page should be changed or komodo dragon should.--CallmeNiel 08:36, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Venomous?

message: I moved the image of the Nile monitor down into the section where it actually appears [right now, on my monitor...I've got Civ3 running, so I think my res is currently 640x480].  The reason I did this (it doesn't change the appearance at all on my monitor) is because all the [edit] tabs were clustered down by the species list, whereas now they're all at the "right place"s.  I don't know if this is a software problem or a browser problem (I'm using FireFox on a Windows box right now).  Just in case anyone's wondering why I made such an apparently pointless (at first blush) edit...  Tomertalk 05:02, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image moved 

message: Uh...this oaran / warnen story is really suspicious. That w is pronounced with a v sound (a sound Arabic doesn't even have), and so is just as likely to be confused with oaran as almost any other word.  Is there some better source for this legend, perhaps citing specific naturalists?  — Laura Scudder ☎ 14:48, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  oaran / warnen story 

message: Does the "waran" story sound better now that the "w" turns into a "v"?  However, with your objection, it seems we should be skeptical about "waran" meaning "monitor" in Arabic (which pg. 3 of this big Varanid tome claims).  Do you know if the arabic word is still correct?
I removed the bit about varanids being the "most advanced" lizards; evolution does not have a direction.  I also removed the bit about "unhinged" jaws, as even snakes don't unhinge their jaws.  They've got a pretty amazing joint, an ability to move each side of the mouth separately, and the joint has amazing freedom of movement, but it doesn't disattach, or "unhinge."  My quick persual of the big varanid tome I referenced didn't give me anything special about their jaws, and when I feed varanus exmanthicus mice, they don't seem to have particularly special jaws.  I also took out the bit about "no fangs" because varanids aren't the only ones with venom and no fangs; snake fangs are a special snakes-only adaptation.
The venom bit is in Nature, so I put the actual scientific article as the reference.  I know most people can't read it, but, as it's something many are skeptical about, I thought going for the most reputable source would be the best move.  Of course, even the 2004 varanid tome I keep yacking about says varanids don't have venom and use icky bacteria, although it does say that they have proteins that are like venom in their mouths.  I think Nature's editors summaries are freely available, so I'm putting that up, too, as the same reference as the article.  I'd really like feedback to make sure that summary is readable and the source convincing. Enuja 03:30, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources Added, some Information Removed

message: I removed two recent edits.  One was either vandalism or a test (inserted "math" and "blah" and changed formatting.  The other may actually warrant discussion, but I suspect that my choice is fairly uncontraversial.  A link to front page of Sanctuary Asia  was replaced with a link to a forum post .  Although the forum post does appear to be the photographer decribing how the photo as taken, I, personally, have very little faith in the veracity of things posted on blogs.  If someone can convince me that this is a reputable source, I'd be very happy with having that information linked, as it is more detailed and interesting than a link to Sanctuary Asia's website. Enuja 08:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Best link to use 

message: I consolidated the sources in this section.  However, I'm a little concerned about possible copyright violations from the Answers.com Varanidae page.  I'll get to reading that page more carefully and editing this page to avoid copyright violation, but it would be great if someone got to that before I did.    Enuja 15:15, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apparent Intelligence 

message: Why is it misleading to put varanids in the category of venomous animals?  The category isn't "animals with venom dangerous to humans," or least I'm assuming it's not.  Varanids do have venom, and this interesting, so a person should be able to happen across this interesting fact as they peruse the category for venomous animals.  Enuja 23:31, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of venomous animals category 

message: Evolution of Varanid LizardsEric R. Pianka Department of Zoology, University of Texashttp://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/varanus.html
- Interesting article foccussing on variation in sizes of Varanus species. -- 201.37.229.117 (talk) 19:31, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Size variation

message: you need to mention average sizes in this articles  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.151.19.246 (talk) 19:49, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: it varies between species.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.57.105.21 (talk) 04:59, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  size 

message: Sorry about my ignorance, but I've not come across this term before, and it detracts from my understanding of the subject: don't forget this encyclopaedia must cater for fairly low denominators. If it's an acronym, please indicate the expansion as a note, if it's jargon, please create an appropriate page somewhere under geography, if it's valley-talk, please delete it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.246.183.235 (talk) 08:52, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distribution: "neat subcontinent"? 

message: I think this article should talk about the shape of their tongue. I'm not knowledgeable enough myself to take upon this.
The tongue of a komodo dragon ressembles that of a snake, and I've seen on the image that the tongue of Varanus exanthematicus does, too. On the other hand, the tongue of geckos, chameleons and the wall lizards living in my country do not share that feature.
This may be an illustration of the phylogenic relationship between monitors and snakes. ThorinMuglindir (talk) 07:31, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tongue shape 

message: I propose listing members species first in subgenera and then alphabetically (binomial name).
cheers,
Bruinfan12 (talk) 08:48, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Subgenera

message: Yes, yes, the name of the photo says it is V. exanthematicus but it isn't. And always when I change it right, someone changes it back, claiming that it really is V. exanthematicus. It is V. albigularis, try to believe it... This gives me a headache.
See:
http://www.arkive.org/white-throated-monitor/varanus-albigularis/ (photos of V. albigularis)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IhMgBYGFNak/TiWUkTvSXuI/AAAAAAAABQs/FKa7pAawYIM/s1600/savannah+monitor+lizard.jpg (a photo of V. exanthematicus)
Tepadj (talk) 00:48, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Someone always changes the wrong name to that box 

message: How long does it last but it's the duration of the meeting course and the gestation of the eggs or the babies 74.209.55.252 (talk) 21:02, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mating