Savannah monitors are stoutly built, with relatively short limbs and toes, and skulls and dentition adapted to feed on hard-shelled prey. They are robust creatures, with powerful limbs for digging, powerful jaws and blunt, peg like teeth. Maximum size is rarely more than 4ft in length. The skin coloration pattern varies according to the local habitat substrate. These will eat a variety of insects to ground turkey and hard boiled eggs.