Gray's monitor (redirect from Varanus olivaceus)
The Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus) is a large (180 cm, >9 kg) monitor lizard known only from lowland dipterocarp forest in southern Luzon, Catanduanes...
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subgenera of the genus Varanus. The group consists of three frugivorous species endemic to the Philippines. Unlike other members of the Varanus genus, species...
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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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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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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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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 (Varanus bitatawa) with a maximum size instead be 180 cm (5.9 ft) in length and 9 kg (20 lb) in mass, the Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus), the...
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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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November 2013. Sy, E.; Afuang, L.; Duya, M.R. & Diesmos, M. (2009). "Varanus olivaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T22888A9396856. doi:10...
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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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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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world, in the Azores Islands, photo. Pandanus simplex fruit eaten by Varanus olivaceus, Polillo Island, Philippines. "Hala: The Hawaiian Aphrodisiac" Article...
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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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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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bred the Gray's monitor lizard (Varanus olivaceus) or "butaan" ex situ (in captivity). The first documented V. olivaceus successfully hatched and reared...
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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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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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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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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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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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simonyi), rediscovered in 1974. Erythrolamprus ornatus Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus), described in 1845, and not seen again by scientists for 130 years...
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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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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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Quince monitor (redirect from Varanus melinus)
monitor (Varanus melinus) is a species of monitor lizards endemic to Indonesia. It is very closely related to the mangrove monitor (Varanus indicus),...
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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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treeshrew Endemic to Mindanao and adjacent small islands Scandentia Varanus olivaceus Gray's monitor Butaan Endemic to eastern Luzon Catanduanes Polillo...
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Northern Sierra Madre Forest Monitor Lizard Varanus bilatawa VU Gray's Monitor Lizard Varanus olivaceus VU Southeast Asian Box Turtle Cuora amboinensis...
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Roughneck monitor (redirect from Varanus rudicollis)
rough-necked monitor lizard Varanus rudicollis Reptilian 1 (9): 7-10 Bennett, Daniel; Liat, Lim Boo 1995. A note on the distribution of Varanus dumerilii and V....
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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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