named Varanus amnhophilis in 2012 and placed in its own subgenus, Varaneades, but a 2018 study found it to be a junior synonym of Varanus marathonensis. Comparisons...

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...

species V. marathonensis in the same subgenus, arguing that it too was a close relative of V. darevskii. A 2018 analysis found V. marathonensis to fall outside...

(2018). Redescription of the morphology of the type material of Varanus marathonensis from the late Miocene of Pikermi (Greece) and description of new...

Robles; Israel M. Sánchez; Massimo Delfino (2018). "Revision of Varanus marathonensis (Squamata, Varanidae) based on historical and new material: morphology...

are represented by the sea eagle Haliaeetus, the monitor lizard Varanus marathonensis, and the giant tortoise Titanochelon. Among the four very large...