[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 acanthurus Boulenger, 1885
                             Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912 - Komodo dragon
                             Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria, 1878)
                             Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) - water monitor lizard