This site has been online since May 25, 2001 to group those that have an interest in Monitor lizards ('Varanus spp.'). The information provided here is a cumulation of what's provided by visitors, books, but also personal experiences. If you have interesting stuff concerning this group of reptiles please share with us by either posting a message on the website forum or sending it to me by e-mail. Since this website covers monitor lizards only I'll only be including information on this group of reptiles.

At this point all monitor lizards are worldwide protected by law. Taking them from the wild is for most species no longer allowed. In order to be able to keep these extremely interesting and beautiful lizards in captive collections in the near future we need to bundle our knowledge and put all our effort in succesfully breeding these species in captivity.