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Mertens’ or Mertens's water monitor (Varanus mertensi), often misspelled Merten’s water monitor, is a member of the monitor lizard family found in northern Australia, and is a wide-ranging, active foraging, opportunistic predator of aquatic and riparian habitats.[1] It is named after German herpetologist Robert Mertens.

  Robert Mertens Sep 20, 2014 5:34 AM