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Black Dragon Varanus. Asian water monitors (varanus salvator) are lizards in the varanidae family. Their family is a group of 50 to 60 lizards that includes the iconic komodo dragon. Black dragons from the thailand. Hyper melanistic water monitors or “black dragons” are a naturally occurring heritable color phase. The black water monitor is solid black due to a genetic mutation but is the same subspecies as the southeast asian water monitor, varanus salvator macromaculatus. This species was first described in 1768 by josephus laurenti, an austrian naturalist. The black dragon lizard gets its color from a gene mutation similar to the type responsible for albinism in other lizards. Water monitors are gigantic reptiles that have been around for millions of years. In the wild, this water monitor can be found in the mangrove swamps of southeast asian countries like sri lanka, malaysia, indonesia and india. The asian water monitor (varanus salvator) is also known as the sumatran water monitor.

The black water monitor is solid black due to a genetic mutation but is the same subspecies as the southeast asian water monitor, varanus salvator macromaculatus. Black dragons from the thailand. In the wild, this water monitor can be found in the mangrove swamps of southeast asian countries like sri lanka, malaysia, indonesia and india. The black dragon lizard gets its color from a gene mutation similar to the type responsible for albinism in other lizards. This species was first described in 1768 by josephus laurenti, an austrian naturalist. Asian water monitors (varanus salvator) are lizards in the varanidae family. Hyper melanistic water monitors or “black dragons” are a naturally occurring heritable color phase. The asian water monitor (varanus salvator) is also known as the sumatran water monitor. Water monitors are gigantic reptiles that have been around for millions of years. Their family is a group of 50 to 60 lizards that includes the iconic komodo dragon.

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Black Dragon Varanus This species was first described in 1768 by josephus laurenti, an austrian naturalist. Hyper melanistic water monitors or “black dragons” are a naturally occurring heritable color phase. The asian water monitor (varanus salvator) is also known as the sumatran water monitor. Asian water monitors (varanus salvator) are lizards in the varanidae family. Black dragons from the thailand. In the wild, this water monitor can be found in the mangrove swamps of southeast asian countries like sri lanka, malaysia, indonesia and india. This species was first described in 1768 by josephus laurenti, an austrian naturalist. Water monitors are gigantic reptiles that have been around for millions of years. The black water monitor is solid black due to a genetic mutation but is the same subspecies as the southeast asian water monitor, varanus salvator macromaculatus. Their family is a group of 50 to 60 lizards that includes the iconic komodo dragon. The black dragon lizard gets its color from a gene mutation similar to the type responsible for albinism in other lizards.