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I'm looking into the anatomy of different types of African monitors. I came across the rock monitor, one of the largest lizards in Africa. One of the defining characteristics of this species is it's large snout. See here:

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Compare this to the nile monitor

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What is the current consensus for why the snout is larger in this species?

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