Editing Monitor lizard (section)

==Habits and diet==
Most monitor lizards are almost entirely carnivorous,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pianka|first1=Eric R.|last2=King|first2=Dennis R|last3=King|first3=Ruth Allen|title=Varanoid Lizards of the World|date=2004|publisher=Indiana University Press|location=Bloomington, Indiana}}</ref> consuming prey as varied as insects, [[crustacean]]s, [[arachnid]]s, [[myriapod]]s, [[mollusc]]s, fish, [[amphibian]]s, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Most species feed on invertebrates as juveniles and shift to feeding on vertebrates as adults. Deer make up about 50% of the diet of adult Komodo dragons, the largest monitor species.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Auffenberg|first1=Walter|title=The Behavioral Ecology of the Komodo Monitor|date=1981|publisher=University Press of Florida}}</ref> In contrast, three [[arboreal]] species from the Philippines, ''[[Varanus bitatawa]]'', ''[[Varanus mabitang|mabitang]]'', and ''[[Varanus olivaceus|olivaceus]]'', are primarily [[frugivore|fruit eaters]].<ref name="Greene">{{cite book | last = Greene | first = Harry W. | title = Diet and Arboreality in the Emerald Monitor, Varanus Prasinus, with Comments on the Study of Adaptation | publisher = Field Museum of Natural History | location=Chicago | date = 1986 | oclc = 14915452 | ol = 7155983M }}</ref><ref name="Welton2010">{{cite journal |last1=Welton |first1=L. J. |last2=Siler |first2=C. D. |last3=Bennett |first3=D. |last4=Diesmos |first4=A. |last5=Duya |first5=M. R. |last6=Dugay|first6=R.|last7=Rico|first7=E. L. B. |last8=Van Weerd |first8=M. |last9=Brown|first9=R. M.|title=A spectacular new Philippine monitor lizard reveals a hidden biogeographic boundary and a novel flagship species for conservation |journal=Biology Letters |volume=6 |issue=5 |year=2010 |pages=654–658  |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2010.0119 |pmid=20375042 |pmc=2936141}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Struck|first1=U|last2=Altenbach|first2=AV|last3=Gaulke|first3=M|last4=F|first4=Glaw|title=Tracing the diet of the monitor lizard Varanus mabitang by stable isotope analyses (d15N, d13C)|journal=Naturwissenschaften|date=2002|volume=89|issue=10|pages=470–473|doi=10.1007/s00114-002-0361-8|pmid=12384723|s2cid=12091969}}</ref>