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    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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    (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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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 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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    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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    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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    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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    "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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