Mitchell's water monitor (redirect from Varanus mitchelli)
Mitchell's water monitor (Varanus mitchelli) is a semiaquatic species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is native to Australia. The...
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closely related to much larger Australian monitor lizards from the subgenus Varanus, which includes the largest living lizard, the Komodo dragon, as well as...
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114 cm (45 in) long tail. It was subordinated to the genus Varanus under the name Varanus salvadorii by George Albert Boulenger in 1885. There are no...
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Komodo dragon (redirect from Varanus komodoensis)
The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to...
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Monitor lizard (redirect from Varanus)
some species such as Varanus sparnus, to over 3 m (10 ft) in the case of the Komodo dragon, though the extinct megalania (Varanus priscus) may have reached...
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Desert monitor (redirect from Varanus griseus)
The desert monitor (Varanus griseus) is a species of monitor lizard of the order Squamata found living throughout North Africa and Central and South Asia...
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Asian water monitor (redirect from Varanus salvator)
the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.[citation needed] Varanus cumingi, Varanus marmoratus, and Varanus nuchalis were classified as subspecies until 2007,...
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Nile monitor (redirect from Varanus niloticus)
The genus Varanus was coined in 1820 by Blasius Merrem. Six years later Leopold Fitzinger moved the Nile monitor into this genus as Varanus niloticus...
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Megalania (redirect from Varanus prisca)
Varanus because its morphology suggests that it is more closely related to some species of Varanus than others, so excluding V. priscus from Varanus renders...
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Monitor, Varanus mitchelli (Mertens 1958), at Perth Zoo". Zoo Biology. 29 (5). Wiley-Liss, Inc.: 615–625. doi:10.1002/zoo.20244. PMID 19459149. "Varanus albigularis...
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Bengal monitor (redirect from Varanus bengalensis)
The Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis), also called the Indian monitor, is a species of monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian subcontinent...
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Lace monitor (redirect from Varanus varius)
The lace monitor (Varanus varius), also known as the tree goanna, is a member of the monitor lizard family native to eastern Australia. A large lizard...
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Dumeril's monitor (redirect from Varanus dumerilii)
songs. Varanus dumerilii is a species of monitor lizard within the subgenus Empagusia. Two subspecies have been historically described: Varanus dumerilii...
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Sand goanna (redirect from Varanus gouldii)
"Tingka". Two subspecies are recognised, Varanus gouldii gouldii (Schlegel, 1837) – Gould's goanna Varanus gouldii flavirufus Mertens, 1958 – desert...
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Identification Guide for the Monitor Lizard Species of the World (Genus Varanus) (552 ed.). DE: Bundesamt für Naturschutz. doi:10.19217/skr552. ISBN 978-3-89624-290-7...
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Rock monitor (redirect from Varanus albigularis)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varanus albigularis. Wikispecies has information related to Varanus albigularis. Beraduccii, J.; Msuya, C.A.;...
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Spiny-tailed monitor (redirect from Varanus acanthurus)
communally. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varanus acanthurus. Shea, G.; Cogger, H. (2018). "Varanus acanthurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species...
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Perentie (redirect from Varanus giganteus)
Albert Boulenger moved it to the genus Varanus. Within the monitor genus Varanus, it lies within the subgenus Varanus. Its closest relatives belong to a lineage...
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Savannah monitor (redirect from Varanus exanthematicus)
The savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) is a medium-sized species of monitor lizard native to Africa. The species is known as Bosc's monitor in...
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Yellow-spotted monitor (redirect from Varanus panoptes)
Wikispecies has information related to Varanus (Varanus) panoptes. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varanus panoptes. Shea, G.; Allison, A.; Parker...
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Black-headed monitor (redirect from Varanus tristis)
The black-headed monitor or black-tailed monitor (Varanus tristis) is a relatively small species of monitor lizards native to Australia. It is occasionally...
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Blue-tailed monitor (redirect from Varanus doreanus)
Ziegler (1994). Zur Taxonomie der Pazifikwarane (Varanus-indicus-Komplex): Revalidierung von Varanus doreanus (A. B. MEYER, 1874) mit Beschreibung einer...
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living genus Varanus and a number of extinct genera more closely related to Varanus than to the earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus). Varanus includes the...
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related to Varanus yuwonoi. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varanus yuwonoi. Stubbs, A.; Arida, E.; Shea, G.; Auliya, M. (2021). "Varanus yuwonoi"...
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Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (redirect from Varanus bitatawa)
(Varanus bitatawa), also known by the local names bitatawa, baritatawa, and butikaw, is a large, arboreal, frugivorous lizard of the genus Varanus. The...
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Gray's monitor (redirect from Varanus olivaceus)
Sarmiento, M. (2022). "Varanus olivaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T221496930A195387110. Retrieved 30 May 2023. Varanus olivaceus Hallowell...
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Mertens' water monitor (redirect from Varanus mertensi)
the semi-aquatic Varanus mertensi (Reptilia:Varanidae)". Wildlife Research. 32 (1): 67. doi:10.1071/WR04040. ISSN 1035-3712. "Varanus Mertensi". "Threatened...
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Clouded monitor (redirect from Varanus nebulosus)
CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14. GBIF.org Kingsnake.com Varanus bengalensis Varanus.nl. Traeholt, C. (April 1997). Effect of masking the parietal...
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Emerald tree monitor (redirect from Varanus prasinus)
"Varanus prasinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 August 2008. Shea, G., Allison, A., Parker, F. & Tallowin, O. 2018. Varanus prasinus...
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Mangrove monitor (redirect from Varanus indicus)
species complex of at least four species: Varanus indicus, Varanus doreanus, Varanus spinulosus, and Varanus jobiensis. More research is being done on...
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