Are monitor lizards immune to the king cobra's poison?

Woodrats, as it turns out, are immune to rattlesnake venom. ... Besides mammals and lizards, there are plenty of snakes that are immune to snake venom. ... read more

Monitor lizards, especially white-throated monitors (Varanus albigularis) are important predators of snakes in general; accounts of them eating venomous snakes -- including cobras -- abound. While many claim that monitor lizards are immune to snake venom, noted varanid authority Daniel Bennet, in"A Little Book of Monitor Lizards,"states that this is still not clear how monitor lizards cope with snake venom. read more

Monitor lizard meat, particularly the tongue and liver, is eaten in parts of India and Malaysia as an alleged aphrodisiac. In parts of Pakistan and southern India, different parts of monitor lizards are used for a variety of medical purposes. read more