Mindanao water monitor (2)

Varanus cumingi. A second visit to the Reptile House late in the day gave me the chance for a close-up. London ZSL, 15th August 2010

This may seem a silly question to some people on here
Looking at the configuration of the bone structure in the head
and face where the Raptors in Jurrassic Park based on these or are these acrual distant cousins to the raptors
As I thought raptors where more closely related to birds