Giant Malaysian water monitors in the Malacca River in Malacca, Malaysia

Giant Malaysian water monitors in the Malacca River in Malacca, Malaysia in August 2017

A giant water monitor in a lake at Koh Racha Yai, Phuket, Thailand

A giant water monitor in a lake at Koh Racha Yai, Phuket, Thailand in August 2017

A baby water monitor near the swimming pool at the Haven Resort in Khao Lak, Thailand

A baby water monitor near the swimming pool at the Haven Resort in Khao Lak, Thailand in August 2017

Canberra Reptile Zoo Australia sign at Gold Creek, Canberra

Canberra Reptile Zoo Australia sign at Gold Creek, Canberra in July 2014

Cute but psycho and gecko's t-shirts at Salamanca market in Hobart, Tasmania

Cute but psycho and gecko's t-shirts at Salamanca market in Hobart, Tasmania in May 2013

A lizard at the Legend Hotel in Chiang Rai, Thailand

A lizard at the Legend Hotel  in Chiang Rai, Thailand in May 2016

Mobile lizard

A lizard on a hire van at Byron Bay in February 2012

Blue Tongue premium lager

A discarded Blue Tongue premium lager wrapper in north Canberra in December 2011

Giant lizard

A South east Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator macromaculatus) and 1.5 metres long and photographed in Lumphini Park, Bangkok, Thailand, in June 2011

Pet lizard

A woman with a big lizard perched on her shoulder on Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok, Thailand in June 2011. Unbelievable

Canberra lizard

A lizard at Casuarina Sands recreation area, Murrumbidgee River, Canberra in January 2011

Cute lizard

Lizard in a window in Bouverie Street in Melbourne in September 2010

Water monitor pt 3

A South east Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator macromaculatus) and 1.5 metres long and photographed in Lumphini Park, Bangkok, Thailand, in December 2009

Water monitor pt 2

A South east Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator macromaculatus) , 1.5 metres long and photographed in Lumphini Park, Bangkok, Thailand, in December 2009

Water monitor pt 1

A South east Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator macromaculatus) and 1.5 metres long and photographed in Lumphini Park, Bangkok, Thailand, in December 2009

Water monitor

A Water Monitor at the Balanda Mirri waterhole near Gapuwiyak in May 2009, probably the vulnerable Mertens Water Monitor (Varanus mertensi).

Iguana

Iguanas in a cage at the Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo outside Bangkok in October 2008

Lizard

This photo was taken at Southbank in Brisbane in November 2007.It is an Australian water dragon and was pretty big. When it saw me it froze, allowing me to get a few good shots.