COMMON NAME
(INTERNAL LINK)
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
(EXTERNAL LINK)
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DISTRIBUTION
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Varanus acanthurus
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AUSTRALIA
(WA, NT, Qld )
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Varanus albigularis albigularis
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AFRICA
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Varanus albigularis angolensis
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AFRICA
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Varanus albigularis ionides (Status uncertain)
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AFRICA
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Varanus albigularis microstictus
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AFRICA
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Varanus auffenbergi
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Indonesia - Roti Island
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Bangon Monitor
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Philippines - Mindoro
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Varanus beccarii
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Indonesia - Aru Islands
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Varanus bengalensis
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Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma
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Bennett’s long-tailed monitor
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Palau archipelago (Koror, Ngeaur and Ngcheangel islands, Ngeriungs and Babeldaob), Federated States of Micronesia (FSM: Yap and Losiep islands), Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI: Sarigan Island)
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Bitatawa Monitor
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Philippine Islands
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Golden Speckled/Spotted Tree monitor
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Indonesia - Waigeo Island
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Bogert's Black Tree Monitor
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D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Northeast of New Guinea)
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Varanus brevicauda
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AUSTRALIA
(NT, Qld, SA, WA)
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Pilbara Pygmy Monitor
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AUSTRALIA ( WA )
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Turquoise / Blue Pin-spot Monitor
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Indonesia - Halmahera Islands
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Varanus caspius
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Iran
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Varanus caudolineatus
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AUSTRALIA (WA)
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Varanus chlorostigma (previously called Varanus indicus)
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Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Wardo, Srui, Waigeo), Papua New Guinea, New Britain, D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago
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Varanus citrinus
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NT
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Malukan Mangrove Monitor
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Indonesia (Maluku: Kei Kecil Island)
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Varanus cumingi
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Philippines Islands - Mindanao, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Cebu, and Basilan
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Enteng’s Monitor
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(Luzon Island) Philippines
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Varanus doreanus
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QLD (North-western Cape York), New Guinea, and the Aru, Biak, Salawati, Waigeo and Karkar Islands.
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New Ireland Monitor
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Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
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Varanus dumerilii
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Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
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Varanus eremius
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AUSTRALIA
(NT, Qld, SA, WA)
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Varanus exanthematicus
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Africa
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Finschi's Monitor
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New Guinea, New Ireland,
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Yellow Monitor, Golden Monitor or Short-toed Monitor
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Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan
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Varanus giganteus
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AUSTRALIA
(NT, Qld, SA, WA)
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Varanus gilleni
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AUSTRALIA
(NT, Qld, SA, WA)
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Varanus glauerti
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AUSTRALIA ( NT,WA )
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Varanus glebopalma
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AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld,WA )
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Varanus gouldii gouldii
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AUSTRALIA ( WA, SA, NT, QLD, NSW, Vic )
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Varanus gouldii flavirufus
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AUSTRALIA ( WA SA NT )
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Varanus griseus
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Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Turkey, Asia, Pakistan, India
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Varanus hamersleyensis (split from Varanus pilbarensis)
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AUSTRALIA
(WA -Hamersley Range)
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Indonesian Mangrove Monitor
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Indonesia (Ambon, Seram, Buru, Saparua, Haruku and Banda islands)
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Varanus insulanicus (includes Monitors previously called Varanus acanthurus insulanicus and Varanus barijti
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NT: Groote Eylandt and Marchinbar islands, Gulf of Carpentaria
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Varanus jobiensis
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New Guinea
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Rennell Island Monitor
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Rennell Island, (Solomon Islands Archipelago)
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Canopy Goanna
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AUSTRALIA ( Qld )
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Pygmy Rock Monitor
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AUSTRALIA ( NT,WA )
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Varanus komodoensis
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Indonesian Islands of Komodo, Rintja, Gilli Montang, and Flores. (may now be extinct on Pandar Island)
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Biak Tree Monitor
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Indonesia (Biak Island)
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Lirung Monitor
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Indonesia - Talaud Islands
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Louisiade Monitor
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Papua New Guinea
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Panay Monitor
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Panay Island, Philippines
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Varanus macraei
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Indonesia - Batanta Island
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Marbled Water Monitor
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Philippines
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Varanus melinus
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Sula Islands (Maluku Islands) Indonesia
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Varanus mertensi
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AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld,WA )
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Varanus mitchelli
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AUSTRALIA ( NT,WA )
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Varanus nebulosus (was bengalensis nebulosus)
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Burma, Thailand,Vietnam, Malayan Peninsula, Indonesia - Java
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Nesterov’s Desert Monitor
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Iraq - Iran (border area)
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Varanus niloticus
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Africa
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Varanus nuchalis (was Varanus salvator nuchalis)
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Philippines (Islands of Cebu , Ticao , Negros Panay, and Masbate)
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Sago or Torch Monitor
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Sanana Island - Indonesia
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Varanus ocreatus (previously known as Varanus storri ocreatus)
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NT, Qld, WA
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Varanus olivaceus
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Philippines - Luzon and Catanduanes Island
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Palawan Water Monitor
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Philippines - Palawan Island
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Varanus panoptes horni (or Varanus panoptes panoptes) Status uncertain
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New Guinea
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Varanus panoptes rubidus
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AUSTRALIA ( WA )
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Varanus panoptes panoptes
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AUSTRALIA (NT,Qld,WA )
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Varanus pilbarensis
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AUSTRALIA (WA - Northern Pilbara)
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Varanus prasinus
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New Guinea & Torres Strait Islands (Qld. Australia)
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Varanus primordius
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AUSTRALIA ( NT )
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Günther's Mangrove Monitor
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Indonesia - Halmahera Island
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Sulu Water Monitor
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Philippines - Sulu archipelago
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Yellow Tree Monitor
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Indonesia - Misol Island
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Varanus rosenbergi
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AUSTRALIA (NSW,SA,Vic,WA)
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Varanus rudicollis
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Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
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Varanus salvadorii
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New Guinea
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Varanus salvator salvator
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Sri Lanka
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Varanus salvator andamanensis
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Andaman Islands
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Varanus salvator bivittatus
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INDONESIA:- Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Ombai, Komodo, Wetar and neighbouring islands
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Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
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Varanus salvator ziegleri
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Indonesia; Kali Telaga, Obi Island, Maluku Province, Central Indonesia.
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Samar water monitor
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Samar, Leyte, & Bohol Islands (Philippines)
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Varanus scalaris (split from V. timorensis)
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AUSTRALIA (Qld,WA,NT?)
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Varanus semiremex
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AUSTRALIA ( Qld)
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*Mussau Monitor
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(Mussau Island) Papua New Guinea
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Varanus scalaris (V. pellewensis) (invalid subspecies) |
AUSTRALIA
( South Western Qld )
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Varanus similis? ("V. kuranda") ? (was Varanus scalaris similis)
(status uncertain)
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New Guinea, AUSTRALIA
( NT,Qld )
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Varanus sparnus
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AUSTRALIA WA
( Kimberley area)
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Varanus spenceri
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AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld )
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Keeled Monitor
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Varanus spinulosus
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Solomon Islands
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Varanus storri
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AUSTRALIA (Qld )
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Tanimbar Monitor
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Indonesia (Tanimbar)
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Rossel Island Monitor
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New Guinea - Rossel Island
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Varanus timorensis
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Indonesia - Timor,Sawu and Roti Island
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Togian Water Monitor
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Togian Island (Indonesia)
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Varanus tristis tristis
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AUSTRALIA ( NT, SA, WA )
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Varanus tristis orientalis
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AUSTRALIA ( NSW, NT, Qld, WA )
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Mariana Monitor or Saipan Monitor
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Micronesia (Guam, Cocos Island, Saipan, Rota, Pagan, Tinian and Anatahan islands, Marshall Islands: Japtan Island)
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Varanus varius
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AUSTRALIA
( NSW,Qld,SA,Vic )
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Yemen Monitor
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Arabic Peninsula
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Varanus yuwonoi
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Indonesia- Jailolo on Halmahera Island
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Zug's Mangrove Monitor
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Indonesia - Jailolo, Halmahera Islands, Moluccan islands,
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