Natura - nature
actualia - actual entities
Mundus Plinius - physical world
naturalia - natural bodies
Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Craniata auct.
Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
Superclass Gnathostomataᵀ Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
[crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
Clade Pan-Sarcopterygii
Clade Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
Clade Dipnotetrapodomorpha Nelson, 2006
Clade Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
Clade Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
Clade Osteolepidida Boulenger 1901 [Cloutier & Ahlberg 1996]
Clade Eotetrapodiformes Coates & Friedman, 2010
[crown] Clade Elpistostegalia Camp & Allison, 1961
Clade Stegocephali Cope 1868 [Laurin 2020]
Clade Labyrinthodontia Owen 1859 [Laurin 2020]
Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Laurin 2020]
Clade Pan-Amniota Rowe 2004 [Laurin & Smithson 2020]
Clade Batrachosauria
Clade Amniota Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
Clade Eureptilia Olson, 1947
Clade Romeriida Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe, 1988
Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
Clade Neodiapsida Benton 1985
Clade Pan-Lepidosauria Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020, sedis mutabilis
[crown] Subclass Lepidosauria Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Clade Pan-Squamata Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020
[crown] Order Squamata Oppel, 1811
Bifurcata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
Unidentata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
Episquamata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
Toxicofera Vidal & Hedges, 2005
Suborder Anguimorpha Fürbringer, 1900
Paleoanguimorpha Vidal & Hedges, 2009
Superfamily Varanoidea Gray, 1827
Family Varanidaeᵀ Gray, 1827 - monitor lizards
Genus Varanusᵀ Merrem, 1820
†Varanus bolkayi Fejérváry, 1935
†Varanus dirus De Vis, 1889
†Varanus emeritus De Vis, 1889
†Varanus marathonensis Westhover, 1888
†Varanus sivalensis Falconer, 1868
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885
Varanus albigularis Daudin, 1802
Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland, 1999
Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown, 2014
Varanus baritji King & Horner, 1987
Varanus beccarii (Doria, 1874)
Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802) - Bengal monitor
Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Duya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & Brown, 2010 - Sierra Madre forest monitor
Varanus boehmei Jacobs, 2003
Varanus bogerti Mertens, 1950
Varanus brevicaudus Boulenger, 1898
Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King, 2006
Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp, 1999
Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger, 1885
Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler, 1999
Varanus cumingi Martin, 1838
Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown, 2014
Varanus doreanus (Meyer, 1874)
Varanus dumerilii (Schlegel, 1839)
Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost, 1895
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc, 1792)
Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler, 1994
Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827) - short-toed monitor
Varanus giganteus (Gray, 1845)
Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost, 1895
Varanus glauerti Mertens, 1957
Varanus glebopalma Mitchell, 1955
Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838)
Varanus griseus (Daudin, 1803) - desert monitor
Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver, Fitch & O'Connell, 2014
Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802) - Indian monitor lizard
Varanus jobiensis Ahl, 1932
Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler, 2002
Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington, 1985
Varanus kingorum Storr, 1980
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912 - Komodo dragon
Varanus kordensis (Meyer, 1874)
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler, 2009
Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio, 2001
Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs, 2001
Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann, 1834)
Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler, 1997
Varanus mertensi Glauert, 1951
Varanus mitchelli Mertens, 1958
Varanus nebulosus (Gray, 1831)
Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz, 2015
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Varanus nuchalis (Günther, 1872)
Varanus obor Weijola & Sweet, 2010
Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010
Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980
Varanus pilbarensis Storr, 1980
Varanus prasinus (Schlegel, 1839)
Varanus primordius Mertens, 1942
Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz, 2007
Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010
Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker, 2005
Varanus rosenbergi Mertens, 1957
Varanus rudicollis (Gray, 1845)
Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria, 1878)
Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) - water monitor lizard
Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010
Varanus scalaris Mertens, 1941
Varanus semiremex Peters, 1869
Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan & Lindqvist, 2016
Varanus similis Mertens, 1958
Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan, 2014
Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost, 1903
Varanus spinulosus Mertens, 1941
Varanus storri Mertens, 1966
Varanus telenesetes Sprackland, 1991
Varanus timorensis (Gray, 1831)
Varanus togianus (Peters, 1872)
Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839)
Varanus variusᵀ (White, 1790)
Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti, 1989
Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker, 1998
Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler, 2005
Varanus olivaceus Hallowell, 1857