also: はなぶとおおとかげ
crocodile monitor; Salvadori's monitor; Papua monitor; artellia
A large arboreal monitor lizard native to New Guinea. Scientific name: Varanus salvadorii.
The crocodile monitor is one of the longest lizards in the world.
Kanji spelling; very rare and likely only encountered in specialized or older texts. The word is usually written in kana.
Hiragana spelling; readable but less common than katakana for this word.
Compound of 鼻 (hana, 'nose') + 太 (buto, 'thick') + 大 (ō, 'large') + 蜥蜴 (tokage, 'lizard'), literally 'thick-nosed large lizard'. The name describes the lizard's prominent snout.