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🐢 Reptiles

Monitor Lizard facts for kids

Where the monitor lizard lives, what it eats, the sound it makes and a fun fact. Tap Tell me! and Buzzby reads it out loud.

🏠 Where does the monitor lizard live?: Africa, Asia and Australia
🍽️ What does the monitor lizard eat?: Eggs, insects and small animals
🔊 What sound does it make, or how does it move?: Hisses and flicks its forked tongue
✨ Fun fact: Monitor lizards are clever and can count small numbers of snails.

Ages 6 to 10 Reptiles

All about the monitor lizard

The monitor lizard is one of the reptiles in our Animal Kingdom. You can find it in africa, Asia and Australia, and it eats eggs, insects and small animals. It hisses and flicks its forked tongue. This page is a good fit for ages 6 to 10 (1st to 5th Grade), and Buzzby can read it out loud.

Is the monitor lizard one of the reptiles?

Yes. Reptiles have dry scaly skin, are cold blooded and most lay eggs.

Talk about it

Have you ever seen a monitor lizard? Where was it?
What would you eat if you were a monitor lizard?
Can you make the monitor lizard's sound or move like it?

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