Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874
see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
Subdivision Bilateralia
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
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]
Infraorder Varanomorpha
Family Varanidae Gray, 1827 - monitor lizards
Genus †Megalania Owen, 1860
Genus Varanus Merrem, 1820