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Varanus
Merrem, 1820
(reptile)
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Entity:
Varanidae (Family) - monitor lizards
..†Megalania (Genus)
..†Parasaniwa (Genus)
..†Saniwa (Genus)
..†Telmasaurus (Genus)
..Varanus (Genus)
....Varanus acanthurus (Species)
....Varanus albigularis (Species)
....Varanus auffenbergi (Species)
....Varanus bangonorum (Species)
....Varanus baritji (Species)
....Varanus beccarii (Species)
....Varanus bengalensis (Species) - Bengal monitor
....Varanus bitatawa (Species) - Sierra Madre forest monitor
....Varanus boehmei (Species)
....Varanus bogerti (Species)
....†Varanus bolkayi (Species)
....Varanus brevicaudus (Species)
....Varanus bushi (Species)
....Varanus caerulivirens (Species)
....Varanus caudolineatus (Species)
....Varanus cerambonensis (Species)
....Varanus cumingi (Species)
....Varanus dalubhasa (Species)
....†Varanus dirus (Species)
....Varanus doreanus (Species)
....Varanus dumerilii (Species)
....†Varanus emeritus (Species)
....Varanus eremius (Species)
....Varanus exanthematicus (Species)
....Varanus finschi (Species)
....Varanus flavescens (Species) - short-toed monitor
....Varanus giganteus (Species)
....Varanus gilleni (Species)
....Varanus glauerti (Species)
....Varanus glebopalma (Species)
....Varanus gouldii (Species)
....Varanus griseus (Species) - desert monitor
....Varanus hamersleyensis (Species)
....Varanus indicus (Species) - Indian monitor lizard
....Varanus jobiensis (Species)
....Varanus juxtindicus (Species)
....Varanus keithhornei (Species)
....Varanus kingorum (Species)
....Varanus komodoensis (Species) - Komodo dragon
....Varanus kordensis (Species)
....Varanus lirungensis (Species)
....Varanus mabitang (Species)
....Varanus macraei (Species)
....†Varanus marathonensis (Species)
....Varanus marmoratus (Species)
....Varanus melinus (Species)
....Varanus mertensi (Species)
....Varanus mitchelli (Species)
....Varanus nebulosus (Species)
....Varanus nesterovi (Species)
....Varanus niloticus (Species)
....Varanus nuchalis (Species)
....Varanus obor (Species)
....Varanus olivaceus (Species)
....Varanus palawanensis (Species)
....Varanus panoptes (Species)
....Varanus pilbarensis (Species)
....Varanus prasinus (Species)
....Varanus primordius (Species)
....Varanus rainerguentheri (Species)
....Varanus rasmusseni (Species)
....Varanus reisingeri (Species)
....Varanus rosenbergi (Species)
....Varanus rudicollis (Species)
....Varanus salvadorii (Species)
....Varanus salvator (Species) - water monitor lizard
....Varanus samarensis (Species)
....Varanus scalaris (Species)
....Varanus semiremex (Species)
....Varanus semotus (Species)
....Varanus similis (Species)
....†Varanus sivalensis (Species)
....Varanus sparnus (Species)
....Varanus spenceri (Species)
....Varanus spinulosus (Species)
....Varanus storri (Species)
....Varanus telenesetes (Species)
....Varanus timorensis (Species)
....Varanus togianus (Species)
....Varanus tristis (Species)
....Varanus varius (Species)
....Varanus yemenensis (Species)
....Varanus yuwonoi (Species)
....Varanus zugorum (Species)
Authorship
Original name
:
Merrem, 1820. Tent. Syst. Amph., 13, 58.
Types
Type of
:
Varanidae
(Family)
Gray, 1827
Ref:
R.A. Pyron et al., 2013
: 47.
[inferred]
Type
:
Varanus varius
(White, 1790)
Ref:
P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016
: 16 Aug 2016.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Iberovaranus
(Genus)
Hoffstetter, 1969
Ref:
PBDB
: 5 Feb 2016.
Synonymous name
:
†
Megalania
(Genus)
Owen, 1860
Ref:
PBDB
: 28 Mar 2018.
Synonymous name
:
Notiosaurus
(Genus)
Owen, 1884
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
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1 Feb 2024