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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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  • The Yemen monitor (Varanus yemenensis) is a species of Varanus that lives in Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia. Although the species was first described...
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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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    The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a member of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian...
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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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    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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  • Polydaedalus. This include savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) and Yemen monitor (Varanus yemenensis) with a length of 100 cm (3.3 ft) (50 cm (20 in)...
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    Sulawesi Province of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Varanus cumingi, Varanus marmoratus, and Varanus nuchalis were classified as subspecies until 2007,...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    World (Genus Varanus)" (PDF). "Visual Identification Guide to the Monitor Lizard Species of the World (Genus Varanus)" (PDF). "Varanus Albigularis"....
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    longer than SVL. There are two described subspecies: Varanus dumerilii dumerilii (Schlegel, 1839) Varanus dumerilii heteropholis Boulenger, 1892 Note: Sprackland...
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    Ziegler (1994). Zur Taxonomie der Pazifikwarane (Varanus-indicus-Komplex): Revalidierung von Varanus doreanus (A. B. MEYER, 1874) mit Beschreibung einer...
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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 species such as Varanus ocellatus, Varanus yemenensis, Varanus benghalensis, Varanus griseus and many other Varanus species in southeastern Asia...
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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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    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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    "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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  • November 2021. "Varanus keithhornei". Archived from the original on 19 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010. ITIS.gov "Mampam Conservation – Varanus keithhorni"...
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    of Australia. A ground-dwelling species of Varanus, it somewhat resembles the widespread sand goanna (Varanus gouldii). Large, dark spots appear in rows...
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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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    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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    islands. Kimberley rock monitors (Varanus glauerti), banded tree monitors (Varanus scalaris), and spotted tree monitors (Varanus similis) were once considered...
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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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  • related to Varanus yuwonoi. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varanus yuwonoi. Stubbs, A.; Arida, E.; Shea, G.; Auliya, M. (2021). "Varanus yuwonoi"...
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    researchgate.net/publication/280597661_Varanus_albigularis_-_Diet [bare URL] "Varanus Albigularis". "Varanus Albigularis". Krebs, Uwe (January 2019)...
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    Monitors and turtles Hamadryad 6 (3): 7-9 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varanus flavescens. Varanus flavescens at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database...
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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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