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It's venomous, but not really enough to cause much harm to a human. People have gotten sick from a few species, but I've never heard of it from a water monitor.
Uhm, what? I thought the only venomous lizards in the world were Jeweled Lizards and Gila Monsters?!
I think with other lizard bites it's more of an allergic reaction to the saliva and/or bacterial infection that causes reactions.
snakeman199318:
As long as you keep your wound very clean you will be fine. Also, if you are on antibiotics, they will prevent any infection. It will be painful but should be better soon.
In 2009 it was discovered that monitor species carried venom, some more harmful than others.
I myself have been bitten by a peach throat and had a horrible reaction. A friend of mine got bit by a black tree and almost had to go to the hospital the fever was so bad (the black tree pretty much chewed on his finger for ten minutes and wouldn't let go). Another friend had a violent reaction to a blue tail bite.
Why does it look like there is a string or a snare around the monitor in the first picture. Looks to me like he just wild caught that monitor and that's why he does not know much about it yet.
Why does it look like there is a string or a snare around the monitor in the first picture. Looks to me like he just wild caught that monitor and that's why he does not know much about it yet.
Good eye, Where he lives these monitors run around all over the place, some even beg for scraps in parks, some live in canals in the city and the locals toss food to them.
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i dont think it was that site but i did look on a few that said the same thing. And from my understanding is the only venomous lizards are the beaded and gilla monitors and iguanas release a toxic into there saliva but it is not at all used for hunting where as beaded and gillas actually have fangs on there glands which they use to invenomate there prey.
SORRY thank you master Infernalis
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