Monitor is the name of a group of about 30 kinds of lizards that live in the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Australia, the East Indies, southern Asia, and Africa. In Australia, monitors are called goannas. A monitor has a long head and neck, and a narrow, deeply forked tongue. The body is usually black or brown with yellow bands, spots, or mottling. The legs are short and powerful, and the tail has a whiplike end. Monitors are usually at least 4 feet (1.2 meters) long. One, the Komodo dragon, is often 10 feet (3 meters) long. This species lives on the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia.