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Monitor Lizards
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Monitor Lizards

Varanus

The monitor lizards are large lizards in the genus Varanus. They are native to Africa, Asia and Oceania, but are now found also in the Americas as an invasive species. A total of 79 species are currently recognized.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 94 known species

Southeast Asian Water Monitors

subgenusSoterosaurus

True Monitors

subgenusVaranus

Empagusia

subgenusEmpagusia

African Monitors

subgenusPolydaedalus

Dwarf Monitors

subgenusOdatria

Mangrove Monitors and Allies

subgenusEuprepiosaurus

Tree Monitors

subgenusHapturosaurus

Desert Monitors

subgenusPsammosaurus

Papusaurus

subgenusPapusaurus

Philippinosaurus

subgenusPhilippinosaurus

Solomonsaurus

subgenusSolomonsaurus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39393.