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    Megalania (redirect from Varanus priscus)
    Megalania (Varanus priscus) is an extinct species of giant monitor lizard, part of the megafaunal assemblage that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene...
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    Varanus, commonly known as true monitors, is one of the 11 subgenera of the genus Varanus. All of its species are found in the Australasian realm, among...
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    Monitor lizard (redirect from Varanus)
    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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    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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    methodology as Head and colleagues on the Pleistocene monitor lizard Varanus priscus, comparing it to the extant Komodo dragon. Sniderman calculates that...
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    role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) priscus". Proceedings of the National Academy...
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    role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) priscus". Proceedings of the National Academy...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Varanus priscus was a giant carnivorous goanna lizard, perhaps as long as 7 metres and weighing up to 1,940 kilograms...
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    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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    several species of lizard of the genus Varanus found in Australia and Southeast Asia. Around 70 species of Varanus are known, 25 of which are found in Australia...
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    the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.[citation needed] Varanus cumingi, Varanus marmoratus, and Varanus nuchalis were classified as subspecies until 2007,...
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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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    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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    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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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varanus albigularis. Wikispecies has information related to Varanus albigularis. Beraduccii, J.; Msuya, C.A.;...
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    carnivores—living or extinct—from every continent (for Australia: Diprotodon, Varanus priscus, and Thylacoleo carnifex) against the landmass area of their continent...
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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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    Palaeovaranus Eosaniwa Paranecrosaurus Varanidae Megalania (Varanus priscus) Saniwa Varanus amnhophilis Others Arcanosaurus Aiolosaurus Cherminotus Gobiderma...
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    identity of Varanus indicus: Redefinition and description of a sibling species coexisting at the type locality (Sauria: Varanidae: Varanus indicus group)...
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    Lanthanotus borneensis and Varanus. However, Estes et al., 1988 understood Helodermatidae as having split earlier from Lanthanotus and Varanus, whereas Conrad,...
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    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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    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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    (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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    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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    islands. Kimberley rock monitors (Varanus glauerti), banded tree monitors (Varanus scalaris), and spotted tree monitors (Varanus similis) were once considered...
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    previously assigned to "Varanus ornatus" do not constitute a valid taxon and are actually polymorphisms of two different species; Varanus stellatus (west African...
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