10 Of The Largest Lizards In The World
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
- Lizards are a very interesting and diverse groups of reptiles that can be found all over the world. Lizards have adapted to many different ecosystems and environments and some lizards species have also gotten very large. Although there are some very interesting small lizards in this video i will be focusing on the giants as i will be going through 10 of the largest lizards in the world.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:22 Marine Iguana
1:30 Galapagos Land Iguana
2:41 Blue Iguana
3:41 Lace Monitor
4:58 Nile Monitor
5:43 Perentie
6:45 Crocodile Monitor
7:38 Rock Monitor
8:33 Asian Water Monitor
9:36 Komodo Dragon
Attributions
Komodo dragon images:
Charles J. Sharp
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(CC BY-SA 4.0)
oliver.dodd
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Arnas Goldberg
500px.com/ArnasGold
(CC BY 3.0)
Bahnfrend
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Asian water monitor images:
budak
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Dan Lundberg
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Kongkham6211
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Joxean Koret
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Rock monitor images:
Bernard DUPONT
www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Matthew Baldwin
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Crocodile monitor images:
cuatrok77
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(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Vassil
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(CC0 1.0)
Perentie images:
Bill & Mark Bell
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Nile monitor images:
Emilie Chen
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(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Charles James Sharp
www.sharpphotography.co.uk/
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Bernard DUPONT
www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Lace monitor images:
Donald Hobern
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cskk
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Blue iguana images:
Mark Yokoyama
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Matt Reinbold
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H. Michael Miley
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Charles J. Sharp
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(CC BY-SA 4.0)
Galapagos land iguana images:
oliver.dodd
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Laura Gooch
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Matthew Paulson
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Marine iguana images:
Richard Droker
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Vince Smith
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Richard Droker
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supafly
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Komodo dragon footage:
Becksu Shin
vimeo.com/emptyboat
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Shannon Wild
vimeo.com/shannonwild
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FotoDive
vimeo.com/user3287736
CC BY-NC-ND
Asian water monitor footage:
Eyes of the World Films
vimeo.com/eyesoftheworldfilms
CC BY-NC-ND
SgBeachBum
vimeo.com/sgbeachbum
CC BY-NC-SA
Galapagos land iguana footage:
Roger Uzun
vimeo.com/user582713
CC BY-NC-ND
Marine iguana footage:
Global Dive Media
vimeo.com/globaldivemedia
CC BY-NC
Roger Uzun
vimeo.com/user582713
CC BY-NC-ND
Blue iguana footage:
Mark Vins
/ @bravemarkvin
Wedge-tailed eagle image:
cafuego
www.flickr.com/photos/cafuego/
(CC BY-SA 2.0)
Martial eagle Image:
Chris Eason
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(CC BY 2.0)
I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
Creative commons licences: creativecommons.org/licenses/
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CORRECTION: Monitor lizards aren't the only types of lizards to have forked tongues so please ignore that i don't know why i said it my bad. :)
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Snakes:
@@ProsauropodPropagandist He mentioned snakes.
@mb31 mb31 How heavy are they?
@mb31 mb31 While, he mentioned all their lengths, he qualified his list as primarily mass. All the monitors were heavier than that.
Plus his list was titled the ten largest. It was ten of the largest.
I love how all the big monitor lizards have around the same weight at around 20kg and then the komodo shows up with its 166kg, absolutely crushing the competition xD
That's totally not true.. water monitors are over 70kgs ( big ones ) ... We our selves have caught 2 60+ kgs
@@VeganSanatani We also just caught a monitor lizard in our backyard weighing 38kg. It tried to eat one of our baby goats.
@@VeganSanatani Big 🐋 lizard 🦎. 😂
Black Throat monitor can weight atound 50 kg too
Truly titan among modern lizards.
Fun fact: the Komodo's closest extinct relatives were all bigger than it, so in actuality, the Komodo is quite shockingly small compared to the past
Megalania grew to roughly 23 feet and weighed over 4000 pounds.
Yep.. the komodo dragon is a little baby compared to his ancestors
@@zcarp8642 I Read it on google, Megalania not an ancestor of Komodo dragons. Komodo and Megalania lived together in Australia in the past.
@@drianppppp502
I meant that as in reptiles like komodo grew bigger than them.
not exactly. varanus priscus (previously known as megalania) is most closley related to the perentie, with the komodo being a more distant cousin, meaning komodos do outsize some of their closer relatives
@@zcarp8642Just wait until you get to the Mosasaurs...
Fun fact: You can add the weights of the other 9 lizards on this list together and the kommodo dragon would still be slightly larger.
Other 9 lizards: 357 lbs/161.9 kg
Kommodo dragon: 366 lbs/166 kg
Holy shit, thats one big lizard, but nothing to it's older relatives like megalania
@@rylandfrederick431 mosasaurs: 😢
@@Hominids4Life mosasaurus has been debated whether it is a snake or a varanids, with most putting It closer to snakes, meaning megalania is the largest confirmed varanid
Not true tho... because water monitors generally grow around 70kgs.. and we personally have caught atleast 2 individuals which were 60+ kgs one 67 and other 64
@@VeganSanatani Just going by the video's info, my dude.
Its so satisfying knowing that we share earth with dinosaur like creatures-monitor lizards, they are so impressive
Lizards are not even remotely dinosaurs
yes
@@crazyviking24 birds are actually direct dinosaurs not relatives so dinos are still alive
Average gp person
The Dino are birds not lizards
The Komodo is truly a dragon
the biggest asian water monitor was 10.5 feet but they rarely get over 6.5 feet. the croc monitor on the other hand regularly reaches 8-10 feet with the longest ever recorded being approximately 12 feet
I was about to drop the same comment. I think that might be a mistake taking the unusual for an animal and taking it as normal. Other than that great video as always!
To be fair he didn't say they all get that big he said the biggest they could get. But yeah noticed that about croc monitors too I know they're lighter but longer than Asian monitors.
Yea.. don't know about that.. water monitors here in india (west Bengal ) are often 7 to 9 ft.
I actually own an Asian water monitor, pushing close to 7 ft. Hes my big scaley puppy lizard
@@taipansghost I am pretty sure it's more than 30 kgs already
I was really hoping that you would have talked about the green iguana
As a bearded dragon owner I approve of this video
Beardies are the absolut greatest 🤙💪i used to have one, he live to be 15 years. Miss my lil' buddy every days.
Komodo Dragon is king of all living lizards.👑🦎
Nailed it!
#5 That Aussie monitor was filmed swallowing a bird. Great coverage. Aussie monitor.
Awesome video dude
Reptiles are cool
With Komodo Dragons, humans are on the menu.
One cool fact komodo dragon is our national animal, and one other fact that asian water monitor also can live in saltwater area like small island. I saw 3 of them swimming by the beach when i go fishing in ayer island, north of jakarta 🙏
I know this isn't what you meant, but in my mind I just pictured three of them swimming around almost pixar style; splahing water at one another, paddling madly to race one another as they swim in circles.
We need a pixar film starring monitor lizards, is what I'm saying
That not komodo mate that monitor lizard
@@ghozisyaifullah254 don't you see the coma in the comment
If it was still alive today magalania would hold the title largest living lizard 🦎 🦎 🦎 alive today
Monkeys got em :(
Thank you for sharing. That thing is terrifying!
Now imagine if Komodo dragons became an invasive species on mainland Africa or Asia. I wonder if they would get bigger as a result of the larger prey.
Oh they would
I think they would struggle a bit more though as they'd have a lot more competition plus would also be prey for some animals in mainland asia/Africa. They are relatively safe on their Indonesian islands
@@KayMac1 They'd definitely struggle but with that said, not many Predators would probably try to fuck around with a 150kg Venomous animal. A Lion would definitely win, but at some cost of its own.
@@KayMac1 true but a big komodo ain't nothing to be messed round with evolution in a place like that could turn them into apex predators
They would become invasive in Florida before those two tbh.
Those blue iguanas are beautiful 😮
Could you bring back the opening song you would have in the older videos?
I would love to see top 10 birds with the largest wingspam
The Andean Condor & California Condor would be in the Top 10.
Glad to see you are doing so well!
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Love the wildlife video as always. Hoping you could feature our Philippine Sailfin Lizards and Monitor Lizards local here in our country :)
Great video, shocked ya didn’t add the black & white or red tegu since they can definitely get huge at times. You should definitely do the top largest turtles next and I’m sure the snapping turtles will be in it, they need more love.
They are small compared to the lizards shown
Well done! I live in Indonesia so I've come in contact with #1&2 quite often!
Great list, very accurate
Hello, Tsuki. Thank you for this video and I would like to suggest another species to the list. The teiú (Salvator merianae), which occurs here in Brazil and other South American countries, reaches 2m in length. Congratulations on the work and again, thank you!
great video you should do a video on either fish invasive in the uk or weirdest uk fish
You should do the opposite video. The 10 smallest lizards in the world
Next discover: The Ancient Megalania can breath Fires.
used to live in the cayman islands. happy to see the tiny island appear on the list. most of what killed the blue iguanas were other iguanas sadly. And humans ofc but not as much as ppl would assume. On the smaller island of 3, little cayman has many blue iguanas. They have a sanctuary for them. they are beautiful. miss my old home lmao
Thank you for your videos, spectacular and honestly I think they should be in biology classes in schools
I love when lizards do the head bob. Like, "Yo! My territory! See this head!?! It goes up and down for a reason Yo!" 🤘🦎🤘
4:09 don't tegus have forked tongues too?
Not to my knowledge
@@brianbumstead2682 they do just google tegu tongue lol
I'd love to see largest fish in the great lakes. Or a video of your favorite fish in them
Love the channel!
very impressive list thanks
Also do a video about the 10 largest Amphibians in the world too!
🦎Next time make video about 10 smallest lizards🦎
I thought the desert monitor would be on this list.
I think the green iguana deserved a place on this list
the sea lizards are so cool!!
Thanks again for a great vid my friend!
I've often wondered how the Komodo Dragons fare when facing the many typhoons and tsunamis that frequent their islands of Komodo, Flores and others.
Obviously, since they've been doing it forever they've adopted some measure but is it burrows, tree root masses, rock croppings?
If anyone knows, I'd be interested to hear. Such a truly magnificent beast to survive so long, at such a size, on such small masses of land!
Given how stocky they are, I'm surprised the black and white tegu is not on this list
I knew Komodo’s were big but I didn’t expect them to be close to 400lbs!! SHEEESH!
That's in the wild. There was one in a zoo or private collection in Indonesia that was obese they estimated it to be almost 500lbs. The thing struggled to move in the clips I remember seeing on animal planet back in the day before the content became shit
@@Hunglikeagrimsmo poor thing
The largest Komodo Dragon was 10ft 3in 366lb at the Smithsonian National Zoo Washington DC. The same size as the specimen mentioned in the video. Overfeeding zoo specimen not naturally in the wild.
@hyrode that's why I stated it was in a zoo
Great job
I adore Nile monitors! I own 3 of them and they are incredible and so smart. Mine loves eggs and lots of other meats, 2 of them are chill but the third needs the vet to do home visits lol. I also have an Asian water monitor and he has a nasty habit of sleeping underwater which really messes with me but he’s literally a cuddly puppy, mine is only 4 feet right now
Great video. We have a fossilised Komodo dragon vertebra. It’s interesting that they possibly originated in Australia. We also have Megalania fossils we’ve found. Look that one up and have fun :D
Komodo dragon also used to live in java island, sumatera island, during sundaland formation, they arent exclusively originated to australia
Perhaps they were in those areas too, but the earliest fossils of them occur in Australia so yes, they likely originated in Australia.
@@absyahwa7698 Originated means what it means. Just because it was in Java doesn't mean it didn't "Originate" from Australia.
@@absyahwa7698 you know that population spreading is a thing
Fascinantes estos lagartos 😍
My favorite Lizards on here is & are The Marine Iguanas, Galapagos Land Iguanas, Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas, Lace Monitors, Nile Monitors, Perentie Monitors, Crocodile Monitors, Rock Monitors “Including the subspecies Black Throated Monitors”, Asian Water Monitors & finally Komodo Dragons.
Amazing video!🦎
Thanks i appreciate it :)
@@TsukiCove what video will be next
Can you 10 of the largest antelopes and deer in the world
10. Moose
9. Addax
8. Nilgai
7. Tibetan antelope
6. Blue wildebeest
5. Giant eland
5. Gemsbok
4. Red deer
3. Cairbou
2. Greater Kudu
1. Elk (Wapiti)
great video! in what place would you put the argentinian Tengu ? cheers
impressive video
I've seen so many Asian water monitors irl in Asia and they're scary but definitely super scared of humans
I’ve seen the Green Iguana get up there in size. The one my Uncle had was definitely longer then 6 feet and it was super nasty. Only my Uncle could go into its giant size built cage. It definitely had large claws and the teeth to match it.
Imagine *if* the iguanas *could* reach twelve or fifteen feet, be tamed for riding. There have been Deviant Art pictures of a woman riding either a large iguana or bearded dragon, but for some reason those pictures have been removed, or deleted. Can’t recall who the artist is, but wish s/he would post post those pictures permanently.
Some big Asian water monitors at the back of my house! They lay eggs in the back hedge and we have seen 6 or so babies climbing the fence after hatching! Normally very shy and tend to swim away fast when you approach them! Greetings from Thailand!
Hello Tsuki mate. If you look online, I'm sure you'll find one of those actors from Lords of the Ring being a right plum and trying to pick up a water monitor in Thailand me thinks! Mate that lizard looked a lot bigger than 25kg!
Komodo Dragons are absolutely terrifying
Tegu left the chat... Said "why should i care, i am a mammal"
I think croc monitors are so cute heheh
Can you do top ten plant videos?
Dear Tsuki I recommend doing a video called top 5 biggest brackish water fish
I was swimming at Hong Island Thailand and met a veranus monitor. It wasn't interested in me but when I got to shore I realised how big it was. Veranus has a forked purple tongue.
I often call the perentie the cheetah of the reptile world
Hello, tsuki can you make a biggest characins, or catfishes
You forgot about megalania and the mosasours those things can way sevrel tones
Lace monitors from aus will chase you if your young enough. I remember being about 8 or 9 and being chased by one when I was out on the Murray River.
60 minutes under water is amazing.
Just to clarify, alot of the maximum weights here are of captive individuals of poor health and are massively overweight. Namely the black throat monitor and especially the Komodo, wild Komodos haven't been observed reaching 100kg and the biggest are probably closer to 80kg. Still absolutely massive, but the 166kg one was living in poor conditions in a zoo and was fed waaaaaay too much.
Komodo weighing 100 kg and more have been observed in the wild.
Komodo Dragon 10ft 3in 366lb at the Smithsonian National Zoo Washington DC the same size as the specimen mentioned in this video.🤔
@@richardhincemon Again, a captive individual that’s probably kept in imperfect conditions
@@Aidanjacksonkightly_reptiles Overfed zoo specimen that is referred to in every documentary on monitor Lizards.
No, some wild Komodo above 100kg
I loved the iguanas lol
Basically half the list is Monitor lizards
Still, amazing we share the same earth as lizards that can be as big as a medium sized hound dog
Komodo's are significantly larger than that!
Island gigantism is a cool phenomenon
Megalania was alive the same time as humans….i would have loved to see their first interaction i truely do
What about the green iguana of Central and South America (and now Florida>) They easily reach over 6 feet in length. I have seen them crossing streets in Panama City and they could easily cause some serious damage to a car.
I didn't know the other monitors were slightly venomous aside from Komodo_ really has this been tested wow.. I thought it was only the komodo and gila monster
Also Asian Water Monitor inhabit sewers. I've seen one in my town when i'am going home from school. I was shocked by how big it is. Thankfully it cannot climb to reach me 😅. Sorry for my bad english
The only other lizards I can think of that could be on the list are egyptian uromastyx, Argentina black and white tegu lizards and Northern camine lizards, the egyptian uromastyx is the largest lizard species in the world that isn't a varanid lizard, an iguana, or, tegu lizard, and black and white tegus and Northern camine lizards are the largest species of tegu lizards
What an insane diffrence in weight between the Komodo dragon and all the other living monitor lizards.
I wonder which is the largest/heaviest living species of Squamata (lizards and snakes) which isn't a Monitor lizard, Iguana or snake?
"I wonder which is the largest/heaviest living species of Squamata (lizards and snakes) which isn't a Monitor lizard, Iguana or snake?"
- why 3 words when 50 will do?!
- Red tegu
Damn, had no idea how big the Asian Water Monitor is, it's even longer than the komodo!
The water monitor may be larger due to the longer tail (semi-aquatic habitat). Komodo is larger (without a tail) and more muscular.
Was in Tonsai, in Thailand, a few years back, and would sit on a little quiet beach in the morning round sunup with a joint and watch the water monitors scavenge beached fish. One particular morning one of em bumrushed a gull or somesuch that had come down on the lizard's target flotsam du jour, and this conservatively six foot quadraped done put the RKO on this avian tosher, junior kaiju went an' earnt him a double portion.
I think green iguana deserves also a place at the beginning somewhere 💚
Marine iguanas will probably will adapt flippers and become like the old sea reptiles
Komodo dragon is around 90 to 100 kg, but they can eat 80% of their body weight in one meal. So after eating they can get that big.
You haven't seen the bubuli monitor in the Philippines.. the color is green and glossy ..
A skink?
Nile monitors also love young pythons so in Florida they should have a fairly neutral role in the battle of the beasts. They can get safely away from alligators but nowhere is safe from adult pythons although they can outrun them.
I love how the ranking goes from around the weight of a preschooler to heavier than 99% of the human population.
THOSE ARE TYRANOSAURUS REXES! THOSE ARE DINOSAURS!
Sorry for nitpicking, but monitors aren't the only fork-tongued lizards, tegu and other members of the teiidae family also have forked tongues and similar appearance to monitor lizards due to convergent evolution, although they are generally shorter and stockier.
Yeah that's very true i don't know why i said that, i read it a few times while researching and didn't question it but it's obviously not true.
There’s one but it’s the extinct Megalania
“Marine Iguanas are the only extant lizard species that spends its time in a marine environment.”
Sea Snakes: “I beg your pardon?”
“Marine Iguanas are the only extant lizard species that spends its time in a marine environment.”
Sea Snakes: “I beg your pardon?”
- sea snakes are lizards; I beg your pardon?!
- engage your brain
Australia’s megalania must have been a spectacle, in life.
And the Comodo Dragons is the Pro Skill Swimmer. This Lizards can swim from island to the island.
4:10 There are several lizards with forked tongues and Jacobson's organs. Skinks, tegus, camin lizards to name a few
We have the real godzilla here in the DR🇩🇴looks just like the galapago iguana, could probably hybridize🤔
Rhinoceros iguana. They can't hybridize
How about a video about the longest lizards? Not going by weight!
I’m surprised the green iguana is not on this list reaching a length of 6’6” long
Would you do geckos?
The Wonderful World of LIZAARDS!!!
And what if the iguanas from Galapagos are like the alpha version of a future island-isolated ecosystem dominated by giant land and marine iguanas?
CORRECTION: In-depth genome-wide analyses suggest that Amblyrhynchus diverged from its sister group, the Galápagos land iguanas, around 4.5 million years ago.