Reptiles
Nile Monitor
Varanus niloticus
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Common Water MonitorVaranus salvator
Rock MonitorVaranus albigularis
Savannah MonitorVaranus exanthematicus
Nile CrocodileCrocodylus niloticus
Green IguanaIguana iguana
Yellow-spotted MonitorVaranus panoptes
- Rain FrogsBreviceps
- Grysboks And SteenboksRaphicerus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 2,118 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,718 |
| Mpumalanga | 593 |
| Tanzania | 465 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 461 |
| Kenya | 342 |
| Limpopo | 330 |
| Zambia | 240 |
| Manyara | 107 |
| Southern | 104 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Nile Monitor with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.