Monitor Lizards
Varanus
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| Total Observations | 557 |
| Total Observers | 89 |
| Current Year | 54 |
| Total Countries | 22 |
| Mobile App Entries | 228 |
| Browser Entries | 191 |
| Imported Records | 47 |
| Deceased | 45 |
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Child Taxa
| Taxon | Name | Rank | Author | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varanus acanthurus | Ridgetail Monitor | species | BOULENGER | 1885 |
| Varanus albigularis | White-throated Monitor | species | DAUDIN | 1802 |
| Varanus auffenbergi | Auffenberg’s Monitor | species | SPRACKLAND | 1999 |
| Varanus bangonorum | Bangon Monitor Lizard | species | WELTON, TRAVERS, SILER & BROW | 2014 |
| Varanus beccarii | Black Tree Monitor | species | (DORIA) | 1874 |
| Varanus bengalensis | Bengal Monitor | species | (DAUDIN) | 1758 |
| Varanus bennetti | Bennett’s Long-tailed Monitor | species | WEIJOLA, VAHTERA, KOCH, SCHMITZ & KRAUS | 2020 |
| Varanus bitatawa | Sierra Madre Forest Monitor | species | WELTON, SILER, BENNETT, DIESMOS, DUYA, DUGAY, RICO, VAN WEERD & BROWN | 2010 |
| Varanus boehmei | Böhme's Monitor | species | JACOBS | 2023 |
| Varanus bogerti | Bogert's Monitor | species | MERTENS | 1950 |
| Varanus brevicauda | Short-tailed monitor | species | BOULENGER | 1898 |
| Varanus bushi | Bush's Monitor | species | FITCH & KING | 2006 |
| Varanus caerulivirens | Turquoise Monitor | species | ZIEGLER, BÖHME & PHILIPP | 1999 |
| Varanus caudolineatus | Strip-tailed Monitor | species | BOULENGER | 1885 |
| Varanus citrinus | Northern Territory Yellow-throated Monitor | species | PAVÓN-VÁZQUEZ, ESQUERRÉ, FITCH, MARYAN, DOUGHTY, DONNELLAN & KEOGH | 2022 |
| Varanus colei | Cole's Monitor | species | BÖHME, JACOBS, KOPPETSCH & SCHMITZ | 2019 |
| Varanus cumingi | Cuming’s Water Monitor | species | MARTIN | 1839 |
| Varanus dalubhasa | Enteng’s Monitor Lizard | species | WELTON, TRAVERS, SILER & BROW | 2014 |
| Varanus doreanus | Bluetail Monitor | species | (MEYER) | 1874 |
| Varanus douarrha | New Ireland Monitor | species | (LESSON) | 1830 |
| Varanus dumerilii | Dumeril's Monitor | species | SCHLEGEL | 1839 |
| Varanus eremius | Spinifex Monitor | species | LUCAS & FROST | 1895 |
| Varanus exanthematicus | Savannah Monitor | species | (BOSC) | 1792 |
| Varanus finschi | Finsch's Monitor | species | BÖHME, HORN & ZIEGLER | 1994 |
| Varanus flavescens | Yellow Monitor | species | (HARDWICKE & GRAY) | 1827 |
| Varanus giganteus | Perentie | species | (GRAY) | 1845 |
| Varanus gilleni | Pygmy Mulga Monitor | species | LUCAS & FROST | 1895 |
| Varanus glauerti | Glauert's Monitor | species | MERTENS | 1957 |
| Varanus glebopalma | Long-tailed Rock Monitor | species | MITCHELL | 1955 |
| Varanus gouldii | Sand Monitor | species | (GRAY) | 1838 |
| Varanus griseus | Desert Monitor | species | (DAUDIN) | 1803 |
| Varanus hamersleyensis | Southern Pilbara Rock Monitor | species | MARYAN, OLIVER, FITCH & O’CONNELL | 2014 |
| Varanus indicus | Mangrove Monitor | species | (DAUDIN) | 1802 |
| Varanus insulanicus | Groote Eylandt Monitor | species | MERTENS | 1958 |
| Varanus jobiensis | Peach-throated Monitor | species | AHL | 1932 |
| Varanus juxtindicus | Rennell Island Monitor | species | BÖHME, PHILIPP & ZIEGLER | 2002 |
| Varanus keithhornei | Canopy Monitor | species | WELLS & WELLINGTON | 1985 |
| Varanus kingorum | Crevice Monitor | species | STORR | 1980 |
| Varanus komodoensis | Komodo Dragon | species | OUWENS | 1912 |
| Varanus kordensis | Kordo Island Monitor | species | (MEYER) | 1874 |
| Varanus lirungensis | Talaud Mangrove Monitor | species | KOCH, ARIDA, SCHMITZ, BÖHME & ZIEGLER | 2009 |
| Varanus louisiadensis | Misima Island Monitor | species | WEIJOLA & KRAUS | 2023 |
| Varanus mabitang | Mabitang Monitor | species | GAULKE & CURIO | 2001 |
| Varanus macraei | Blue Tree Monitor | species | BÖHME & JACOBS | 2001 |
| Varanus marmoratus | Luzon Monitor | species | (WIEGMANN) | 1834 |
| Varanus melinus | Banggai Island Monitor | species | BÖHME & ZIEGLER | 1997 |
| Varanus mertensi | Mertens' Water Monitor | species | GLAUERT | 1951 |
| Varanus mitchelli | Mitchell's Water Monitor | species | MERTENS | 1958 |
| Varanus nebulosus | Clouded Monitor | species | GRAY | 1831 |
| Varanus nesterovi | Nesterov’s Desert Monitor | species | BÖHME, EHRLICH, MILTO, ORLOV & SCHOLZ | 2015 |
| Varanus niloticus | Nile Monitor | species | (LINNAEUS) | 1758 |
| Varanus nuchalis | Negros Monitor | species | (GÜNTHER) | 1872 |
| Varanus obor | Sago Monitor | species | WEIJOLA & SWEET | 2010 |
| Varanus ocreatus | Storr's Monitor | species | STORR | 1980 |
| Varanus olivaceus | Gray’s Monitor | species | HALLOWELL | 1857 |
| Varanus palawanensis | Palawan Island Monitor | species | KOCH, GAULKE & BÖHME | 2010 |
| Varanus panoptes | Yellow-Spotted Monitor | species | (STORR) | 1980 |
| Varanus pilbarensis | Northern Pilbara Rock Monitor | species | STORR | 1980 |
| Varanus prasinus | Emerald Monitor | species | (SCHLEGEL) | 1839 |
| Varanus primordius | Brown Monitor | species | MERTENS | 1942 |
| Varanus rainerguentheri | Günther's Monitor | species | ZIEGLER, BÖHME & SCHMITZ | 2007 |
| Varanus rasmusseni | Rasmussen's Monitor | species | KOCH, GAULKE & BÖHME | 2010 |
| Varanus reisingeri | Misol Monitor | species | EIDENMÜLLER & WICKER | 2005 |
| Varanus rosenbergi | Black Sand Monitor | species | MERTENS | 1957 |
| Varanus rudicollis | Roughneck Monitor | species | (GRAY) | 1845 |
| Varanus salvadorii | Crocodile Monitor | species | (PETERS & DORIA) | 1878 |
| Varanus salvator | Water Monitor | species | (LAURENTI) | 1768 |
| Varanus samarensis | Samar Water Monitor | species | KOCH, GAULKE & BÖHME | 2010 |
| Varanus scalaris | Spotted Monitor | species | MERTENS | 1941 |
| Varanus semiremex | Rusty Monitor | species | PETERS | 1869 |
| Varanus semotus | Mussau Monitor | species | WEIJOLA, DONNELLAN & LINDQVIST | 2016 |
| Varanus similis | Northern Monitor | species | MERTENS | 1958 |
| Varanus sparnus | Dampier Peninsula Monitor | species | DOUGHTY, KEALLEY, FITCH & DONNELLAN | 2014 |
| Varanus spenceri | Spencer's Monitor | species | LUCAS & FROST | 1903 |
| Varanus spinulosus | Solomon Island Spiny Monitor | species | MERTENS | 1941 |
| Varanus storri | Dwarf Monitor | species | MERTENS | 1966 |
| Varanus tanimbar | Mussau Monitor | species | WEIJOLA & KRAUS | 2023 |
| Varanus telenesetes | Rossell Island Tree Monitor | species | SPRACKLAND | 1991 |
| Varanus timorensis | Spotted Tree Monitor | species | (GRAY) | 1831 |
| Varanus togianus | Togian Islands Monitor | species | (PETERS) | 1872 |
| Varanus tristis | Arid Monitor | species | SCHLEGEL | 1839 |
| Varanus tsukamotoi | Micronesia Monitor | species | KISHIDA | 1929 |
| Varanus varius | Lace Monitor | species | (SHAW in WHITE) | 1790 |
| Varanus yemenensis | Yemen Monitor | species | BÖHME, JOGER & SCHÄTTI | 1989 |
| Varanus yuwonoi | Halmahera Island Monitor | species | HARVEY & BARKER | 1998 |
| Varanus zugorum | Halmahera Monitor | species | BÖHME & ZIEGLER | 2005 |