English: Javanese boy, Gangsar, posing with an monitor lizard (most likely Varanus salvator, probably subspecies macromaculatus) 1 meter 77 long and weighing twelve kilograms, Ngandong
Nederlands: Foto. Javaanse jongen, Gangsar, poseert met een leguaan van 1 meter 77 hoog en een gewicht van twaalf kilogram, Ngandong
Date 1917-1918
Source Tropenmuseum  
Collectie Stichting Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen
Author Dhr. C.H. (Christoffel Hendrik) Japing (Fotograaf/photographer).
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:COLLECTIE_TROPENMUSEUM_Javaanse_jongen_Gangsar_poseert_met_een_leguaan_van_1_meter_77_hoog_en_een_gewicht_van_twaalf_kilogram_Ngandong_TMnr_60051164.jpg

Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator), also known as Malayan water monitor, common water monitor, two-banded monitor, rice lizard, ring lizard, plain lizard, no-mark lizard, and simply the water monitor, is a large lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. Water monitors are one of the most common monitor lizards found throughout Asia, and range from Sri Lanka and India to Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, and various islands of Indonesia, living in areas close to water.