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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Komodo dragon (redirect from Varanus komodoensis)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ceram mangrove monitor (redirect from Varanus cerambonensis)
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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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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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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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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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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islands. Kimberley rock monitors (Varanus glauerti), banded tree monitors (Varanus scalaris), and spotted tree monitors (Varanus similis) were once considered...
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Ornate monitor (redirect from Varanus ornatus)
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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