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Lanthonotidae:
Only one species, the earless monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis).
Slender, elongated lizard with short limbs and heterogenous scalation with underlying osteoderms; nostrils are moved back and upwards as an adaption to its semiaquatic lifestyle. Tiny eyes with moveable lids (lower lid transparent). No ear opening .
Appears to be nocturnal, spending its diumal hours in burrows. At night, it forages on land and in the water, moving via undulatory locomotion in both habitats. |
