The smallest monitor lizard is the Dampier Peninsula monitor lizard.
The Dampier Peninsula monitor lizard is also known as the Cvaranus Sparnus and is the smallest known monitor lizard in the world.
The Dampier Peninsula monitor lizard is a small and active lizard which lives in Western Australia.
A Dampier Peninsula monitor lizard grows to around 9 inches long and weighs around 16.3 grams.
The Dampier Peninsula monitor lizard has a reddish brown back and block spots as well as short legs and a short, ridged, circular prehensile tail.
The habitat of a Dampier Peninsula monitor lizard is the Dampier Peninsula in Western Australia and it's considered rare and difficult to photograph a Dampier Peninsula monitor lizard in the wild.
Monitor lizards do secrete venom but the venom is not fatal to humans.
The main cause for concern with monitor lizards is with possible bacterial infections from a bite if they happen to bite you.