Polydaedalus, commonly referred as African monitors, is one of the 11 subgenera of the genus Varanus. Its species are native to Africa and West Asia, among...
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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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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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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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respectively. The largest species Polydaedalus are the nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) and the black-throated monitor (Varanus albigularis microstictus) (see...
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Ornate monitor (redirect from Varanus ornatus)
previously assigned to "Varanus ornatus" do not constitute a valid taxon and are actually polymorphisms of two different species; Varanus stellatus (west African...
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West African Nile monitor (redirect from Varanus stellatus)
collections reveal a complex story of cryptic diversification in the Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus species group". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution...
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Varanus darevskii, also known as the Central Asian monitor, is an extinct species of monitor lizard from the Early Pliocene of Tajikistan, known from...
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Rock monitor (redirect from Varanus albigularis)
researchgate.net/publication/280597661_Varanus_albigularis_-_Diet [bare URL] "Varanus Albigularis". "Varanus Albigularis". Krebs, Uwe (January 2019)...
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Savannah monitor (redirect from Varanus exanthematicus)
scientist Louis Bosc first described the species. It belongs to the subgenus Polydaedalus. The specific name exanthematicus is derived from the Greek word exanthem...
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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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albogularis Günther, 1861, Varanus (Polydaedalus) albigularis Böhme, 2002, Varanus exanthematicus albigularis Schmidt, 1919, Varanus exanthematicus angolensis...
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Yemen monitor (redirect from Varanus yemenensis)
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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