[organisms]
see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Branch Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
Division Bilateria Hatschek, 1888
see Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888
Subdivision Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Superclass Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - tetrapods
see Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
Subclass Lepidosauria Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Order Squamata Oppel, 1811
Suborder Sauria McCartney, 1802 - lizards
see Clade Sauria Macartney 1802 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
Family Varanidae Gray, 1827 - monitor lizards
Genus Varanus Merrem, 1820
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912 - Komodo dragon