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Varanus  Merrem, 1820
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174115

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Monitor Lizards [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyVaranidae  – Monitors, Monitor Lizards  
                                  GenusVaranus Merrem, 1820 – Monitor Lizards  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Varanus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885 – Ridgetail Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus albigularis (Daudin, 1802) – Rock Monitor, White-throated Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland, 1999 – Peacock Monitor, Pin-spot Monitor, Auffenberg's Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler and Brown, 2014 – Bangon Monitor Lizard 
                                     Species Varanus beccarii (Doria, 1874) – Black Tree Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802) – Bengal Monitor, Indian Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus bennetti Weijola, Vahtera, Koch, Schmitz and Kraus, 2020 – Bennett's Long-tailed Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Duya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd and R. M. Brown, 2010 – Sierra Madre Forest Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus boehmei Jacobs, 2003  
                                     Species Varanus bogerti Mertens, 1950 – Bogert's Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus brevicauda Boulenger, 1898 – Short-tailed Pygmy Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch and King, 2006 – Pilbara Mulga Goanna 
                                     Species Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme and Philipp, 1999 – Turquoise Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger, 1885 – Line-tailed Pygmy Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme and Ziegler, 1999  
                                     Species Varanus citrinus Pavón-Vázquez, Esquerré, Fitch, Maryan, Doughty, Donnellan & Keogh, 2022 – Gulf Ridge-tailed Monitor, Gulf Ridge-tailed Goanna 
                                     Species Varanus colei Böhme, Jacobs, Koppetsch and Schmitz, 2019  
                                     Species Varanus cumingi Martin, 1839 – Cuming's Water Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler and Brown, 2014 – Enteng's Monitor Lizard 
                                     Species Varanus doreanus (Meyer, 1874) – Bluetail Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus douarrha (Lesson, 1830) – New Ireland Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus dumerilii (Schlegel, 1839) – Dumeril Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus eremius Lucas and Frost, 1895 – Rusty Desert Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc, 1792) – Savannah Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn and Ziegler, 1994  
                                     Species Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke and Gray, 1827) – Yellow Monitor, Short-toed Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus giganteus (Gray, 1845) – Perentie 
                                     Species Varanus gilleni Lucas and Frost, 1895 – Pygmy Mulga Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus glauerti Mertens, 1957 – Kimberley Rock Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus glebopalma Mitchell, 1955 – Black-palmed Rock Monitor, Long-tailed Rock Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838) – Sand Monitor, Gould's Goanna 
                                     Species Varanus griseus (Daudin, 1803) – Desert Monitor, Grey Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver, Fitch and O'Connell, 2014 – Southern Pilbara Rock Goanna 
                                     Species Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802) – Indian Monitor Lizard, Indian Monitor, Mangrove Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus insulanicus Mertens, 1958 – Groote Eylandt monitor, Black-spotted Ridge-tailed Monitor, Black-spotted Spiny-tailed Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus jobiensis Ahl, 1932 – Peach-throated Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp and Ziegler, 2002  
                                     Species Varanus keithhornei Wells and Wellington, 1985 – Nesbit River Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus kingorum Storr, 1980 – Pygmy Rock Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912 – Komodo Monitor, Komodo Island Monitor, Komodo Dragon 
                                     Species Varanus kordensis (Meyer, 1874)  
                                     Species Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme and Ziegler, 2009 – Talaud Mangrove Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus mabitang Gaulke and Curio, 2001  
                                     Species Varanus macraei Böhme and Jacobs, 2001 – Blue Tree Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann, 1834)  
                                     Species Varanus melinus Böhme and Ziegler, 1997 – Banggai Island Monitor, Quince Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus mertensi Glauert, 1951 – Mertens's Water Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus mitchelli Mertens, 1958 – Mitchell's Water Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus nebulosus (Gray, 1831) – Clouded Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov and Scholz, 2015 – Nesterov's Desert Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766) – Nile Monitor, Water Leguaan 
                                     Species Varanus nuchalis (Günther, 1872)  
                                     Species Varanus obor Weijola and Sweet, 2010  
                                     Species Varanus ocreatus Storr, 1980 – Storr's Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus olivaceus Hallowell, 1857 – Gray's Monitor Lizard, Butaan, Gray's Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke and Böhme, 2010  
                                     Species Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980 – Yellow-spotted Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus pilbarensis Storr, 1980 – Northern Pilbara Rock Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus prasinus (Schlegel, 1839) – Emerald Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus primordius Mertens, 1942 – Northern Blunt-spined Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme and Schmitz, 2007  
                                     Species Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke and Böhme, 2010  
                                     Species Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller and Wicker, 2005  
                                     Species Varanus rosenbergi Mertens, 1957 – Heath Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus rudicollis Gray, 1845 – Roughneck Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus salvadorii (Peters and Doria, 1878) – Crocodile Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) – Common Water Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke and Böhme, 2010 – Samar Water Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus scalaris Mertens, 1941  
                                     Species Varanus semiremex Peters, 1869 – Rusty Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan and Lindquist, 2016 – Mussau Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus similis Mertens, 1958  
                                     Species Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch and Donnellan, 2014 – Dampier Peninsula Goanna 
                                     Species Varanus spenceri Lucas and Frost, 1903 – Spencer's Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus spinulosus Mertens, 1941 – Solomon Island Spiny Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus storri Mertens, 1966 – Storr's Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus telenesetes Sprackland, 1991  
                                     Species Varanus timorensis (Gray, 1831) – Spotted Tree Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus togianus (Peters, 1872)  
                                     Species Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839) – Black-tailed Monitor, Black-headed Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus tsukamotoi Kishida, 1929 – Mariana Monitor, Saipan Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus varius (Shaw in White, 1790) – Lace Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger and Schätti, 1989 – Yemen Monitor 
                                     Species Varanus yuwonoi Harvey and Barker, 1998  
                                     Species Varanus zugorum Böhme and Ziegler, 2005  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Varanus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Varanus   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (May 2023), website (version May-2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2023) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed, accessed 9 May 2023   
  Reference for: Varanus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Varanus   
       

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