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, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Varanus sivalensis, also known as the Indian Dragon, is a species of monitor lizard that originally lived in India in the Pinjor Formation during the...
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(V. macraei). Varanus macraei is sought after for the international pet trade. Illegal and unsustainable collection and trade of Varanus macraei is causing...
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monitor (Varanus albigularis microstictus) The black-throated monitor (Varanus albigularis microstictus) is a subspecies of rock monitor (Varanus albigularis)...
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Daniel (2019-10-01). "Play behaviour by captive tree monitors, Varanus macraei and Varanus prasinus". Herpetological Bulletin. 149 (Autumn 2019): 28–31...
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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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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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Varanus Island is the largest of the Lowendal Islands, an archipelago off the north west coast of Western Australia, near Karratha in the Pilbara region...
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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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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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Varanus (Empagusia) Bengal monitor Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family:...
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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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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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ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Varanus reisingeri, p. 219). Eidenmüller, Bernd; Wicker, Rudolf (20015) "Eine weitere neue Waranart aus dem Varanus prasinus-Komplex...
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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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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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(Papua New Guinea). Varanus spinulosus was first described by Robert Mertens in 1941 from a single male specimen, and named Varanus indicus spinulosus...
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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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World (Genus Varanus)" (PDF). "Visual Identification Guide to the Monitor Lizard Species of the World (Genus Varanus)" (PDF). "Varanus Albigularis"....
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Black-throated monitor (redirect from Varanus albigularis ionidesi)
monitor (Varanus albigularis microstictus) is a subspecies of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The subspecies is native to Tanzania. Varanus albigularis...
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