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Varanus
Varanus (monitor lizards)
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Agalmatosaurus
;
Aquativaranus
;
Arborhabitatiosaurus
;
Aspetosaurus
;
Cylindrurus
;
Iberovaranus
;
Iberovaranus catalaunicus
;
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Megalania prisca
Varanus acanthurus
(Ridgetail Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus albigularis
(White-throated Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus amnhophilis
Varanus auffenbergi
(Auffenberg's monitor)
(Endangered)
(Attributes)
Varanus bangonorum
(Attributes)
Varanus baritji
(
Black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor
)
(Attributes)
Varanus beccarii
(Black Tree Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus bengalensis
(Bengal Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus bennetti
Varanus bitatawa
(northern Sierra Madre Forest monitor lizard)
(Attributes)
Varanus boehmei
(West Irian monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus bogerti
(Bogert's Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus brevicauda
(short-tailed monitor)
Varanus bushi
(Bush's monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus caerulivirens
(Turquoise monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus caudolineatus
(Line-tailed Pygmy Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus cerambonensis
(ceram mangrove monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus colei
Varanus cumingi
(Philippine Water monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus dalubhasa
(Attributes)
Varanus doreanus
(
Blue-tailed monitor
)
(Attributes)
Varanus douarrha
Varanus dumerilii
(Dumeril Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus eremius
(Rusty Desert Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus exanthematicus
(Savannah Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus finschi
(Blue-tailed monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus flavescens
(Yellow Monitor)
(Endangered)
(Attributes)
Varanus giganteus
(Perentie)
(Attributes)
Varanus gilleni
(Pygmy Mulga Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus glauerti
(
Kimberly rock monitor
)
(Attributes)
Varanus glebopalma
(Black-palmed Rock Monitor, Long-Tailed Rock Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus gouldii
(
Sand Monitor, Gould's Goanna
)
(Attributes)
Varanus griseus
(Desert Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus hamersleyensis
(Hamersley Range rock monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus hoffmanni
Varanus hooijeri
Varanus indicus
(
Mangrove Monitor
)
(Attributes)
Varanus jobiensis
(Peach-throated Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus juxtindicus
(Solomon Island monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus keithhornei
(Nesbit River Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus kingorum
(Pygmy Rock Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus komodoensis
(Komodo Dragon)
(Endangered)
(Attributes)
Varanus kordensis
(Green tree monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus lirungensis
(Lirung monitor)
(Endangered)
(Attributes)
Varanus mabitang
(Panay monitor)
(Endangered)
(Attributes)
Varanus macraei
(Emerald tree monitor)
(Endangered)
(Attributes)
Varanus marathonensis
Varanus marmoratus
(Attributes)
Varanus melinus
(
Quince monitor
)
(Endangered)
(Attributes)
Varanus mertensi
(Mertens's Water Monitor)
(Endangered)
(Attributes)
Varanus mitchelli
(Mitchell's Water Monitor)
(Critically Endangered)
(Attributes)
Varanus mokrensis
Varanus nebulosus
(Clouded Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus nesterovi
(Attributes)
Varanus niloticus
(Nile Monitor, Water Leguaan)
(Attributes)
Varanus nuchalis
(Attributes)
Varanus obor
(Sago Monitor)
(Endangered)
(Attributes)
Varanus olivaceus
(
Grays Monitor Lizard
)
(Vulnerable)
(Attributes)
Varanus palawanensis
(Attributes)
Varanus panoptes
(Yellow-spotted Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus pilbarensis
(Pilbara Rock Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus prasinus
(emerald tree monitor)
Varanus primordius
(Northern Blunt-spined Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus rainerguentheri
(Attributes)
Varanus rasmusseni
Varanus reisingeri
(Reisinger's tree monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus rosenbergi
(Heath Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus rudicollis
(Roughneck Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus rusingensis
Varanus salvadorii
(Crocodile Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus salvator
(Common Water Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus samarensis
(Samar water monitor)
Varanus scalaris
(Spotted tree monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus semiremex
(Rusty monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus semotus
Varanus similis
(Spotted tree monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus sparnus
(Dampier Peninsula monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus spenceri
(Spencer's Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus spinulosus
(Solomon Island spiny monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus storri
(
Storr's dwarf monitor
)
(Attributes)
Varanus telenesetes
(Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus timorensis
(Spotted Tree Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus togianus
(Attributes)
Varanus tristis
(Attributes)
Varanus tsukamotoi
Varanus varius
(Lace Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus yemenensis
(Yemen Monitor)
(Attributes)
Varanus yuwonoi
(Black-backed mangrove monitor)
(Vulnerable)
(Attributes)
Varanus zugorum
(Monitor)
(Attributes)
External References
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via
GBIF.org
on 2023-06-13; License:
CC BY 4.0