A savannah monitor found home in Feldman Ecopark. The animal gets used to the Regional Landscape Park. It feels well and demonstrates good appetite: it eats seafood, eggs, and meat. There were no monitor lizards in Ecopark earlier.
“The visitors will be able to see savannah monitor as soon as summer. It is in the premises right now and undergoes all necessary veterinary procedures. It has an easy nature and is absolutely tame (savannah monitors are often uses as domestic pets), therefore, we hope that when it becomes warmer, it will be another participant of the traditional Parade of Animals, which takes place in Feldman Ecopark each weekend,” Feldman Ecopark’s deputy director of zootechnics Valeriia Ivashchenko told.
Reference. The savannah monitor, which is also known as Bosc’s monitor, is a species of reptiles, of the Varanidae family. This species was first described by French scientist Louis Bosc, hence the name. The animal was brought to Europe from South Africa. The natural habitat of savannah monitors is the field zones from the west to the south of Central Africa. The adult animals have the body length of 80-200cm. The savannah monitor has short body and the muzzle with slanting, slot-like nostrils, which are situated very close to the eyes. It has short digits with very big claws. The body is covered with small scales; the tail is compressed from the sides and has a double dorsal ridge. The colouration is gray-brown with yellow stripes and spots. It lives on the ground hiding in the shelters when it is hot. It eats small mammals, insects, frogs, and crayfishes.
