Here’s a shot of a “lizard” that we saw everywhere in Bali. One was in the pool near me, and I chased it. Later, I asked about the little guy, and the pool staff told me it was a lizard.
I thought it was some kind of iguana.
I have found that identifying plants and animals on this blog is not my specialty. But it is Steve P’s.
So I’m posting this so that Steve can do his magical mystery search and find. And I know he loves it.
Or, maybe you want to give it a whirl.
If it’s a super easily identifiable beast, like a household cat, humor me and tell me the latin species name so I can sleep well tonight.
Yep, I know this one…
But, I’m going to monitor this a bit longer and see what others come up with.
You’re way too good at this game.
We’re being monitored!
Big brother!
Steve, I don’t know how much more patience I can muster.
It’s a young Swedish Short-Snout.
There are over 90 species of Varanus (monitor lizards). It’s definitely not komodoensis (komodo dragon) or else you wouldn’t have chased one by the pool. The opposite would have been the case if so.
It’s most likely a water monitor or varanus salvator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Water_monitor_P9240105.JPG