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COMMON NAME
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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SUBGENUS |
DISTRIBUTION |
Ridge-tailed Monitor |
Varanus acanthurus |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA
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White-throated Monitor |
Varanus albigularis albigularis |
Polydaedalus |
AFRICA |
Angolan White-throated Rock Monitor |
Varanus albigularis angolensis |
Polydaedalus |
AFRICA |
Black-throated Rock Monitor
|
Varanus albigularis ionides (Status uncertain) |
Polydaedalus |
AFRICA |
Tanzanian White-throated Rock Monitor |
Varanus albigularis microstictus |
Polydaedalus |
AFRICA |
Peacock monitor / Blue Timor Monitor |
Varanus auffenbergi |
Odatria |
Indonesia - Roti Island |
Bangon Monitor |
Varanus bangonorum |
Soterosaurus |
Philippines - Mindoro |
Black Spotted Ridge-tailed Monitor |
Varanus baritji |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA ( NT ) |
*Black Tree Monitor or
|
Varanus beccarii |
Hapturosaurus |
Indonesia - Aru Islands |
Bengal Monitor |
Varanus bengalensis |
Empagusia |
Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma |
Bitatawa Monitor |
Varanus bitatawa |
Philippinosaurus |
Philippine Islands |
Golden Speckled/Spotted Tree monitor |
Varanus boehmei |
Euprepiosaurus |
Indonesia - Waigeo Island |
Bogert's Black Tree Monitor |
Varanus bogerti |
Hapturosaurus |
D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Northeast of New Guinea) |
Short-Tailed Pygmy Monitor |
Varanus brevicauda |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA
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Pilbara Pygmy Monitor |
Varanus bushi |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA ( WA ) |
Turquoise / Blue Pin-spot Monitor |
Varanus caeruliverens |
Euprepiosaurus |
Indonesia - Halmahera Islands |
Line-Tailed Pygmy Monitor |
Varanus caudolineatus |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA ( WA ) |
*Ambon Mangrove Monitor
|
Varanus indicus (Previously known as Varanus cerambonensis)(Status uncertain) |
Euprepiosaurus |
Moluccan Islands (Ambon, Banda, Buru, Obi and Seram Islands) |
Yellow Headed or Philippine Water Monitor |
Varanus cumingi |
Soterosaurus |
Philippines Islands - Mindanao, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Cebu, and Basilan |
Enteng’s Monitor |
Varanus dalubhasa |
Soterosaurus |
(Luzon Island) Philippines |
Blue Tailed Monitor |
Varanus doreanus |
Euprepiosaurus |
QLD (North-western Cape York), New Guinea, and the Aru, Biak, Salawati, Waigeo and Karkar Islands. |
New Ireland Monitor |
Varanus douarrha |
Euprepiosaurus |
Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
|
Dumeril's Monitor |
Varanus dumerilii |
Empagusia |
Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo |
Rusty Desert Monitor |
Varanus eremius |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA
|
Savannah (or Bosc's) Monitor |
Varanus exanthematicus |
Polydaedalus |
Africa |
Finschi's Monitor |
Varanus finschi |
Euprepiosaurus |
New Guinea, New Ireland, |
Yellow Monitor, Golden Monitor or Short-toed Monitor |
Varanus flavescens |
Empagusia |
Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan |
Perentie |
Varanus giganteus |
Varanus |
AUSTRALIA
|
Pygmy Mulga Monitor |
Varanus gilleni |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA
|
Kimberley Rock Monitor |
Varanus glauerti |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA ( NT,WA ) |
Long-Tailed Rock (Black-palmed) Monitor |
Varanus glebopalma |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld,WA ) |
Sand Monitor |
Varanus gouldii gouldii |
Varanus |
AUSTRALIA ( WA, SA, NT, QLD, NSW, Vic ) |
Centralian Sand Monitor |
Varanus gouldii flavirufus |
Varanus |
AUSTRALIA ( WA SA NT ) |
Grey / Caspian / Indian Desert Monitor |
Varanus griseus |
Psammosaurus |
Africa, Arabian Peninsula,Turkey, Asia,Pakistan,India |
Southern Pilbara Rock Monitor |
Varanus hamersleyensis (split from Varanus pilbarensis) |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA
|
*Mangrove Monitor |
Varanus indicus (includes Monitors previously called Varanus chlorostigma) |
Euprepiosaurus |
Australia (North Territory, Queensland) Sulawesi, Moluccas, Aru Islands, Talaud, Irian Jaya, Timor (Indonesia), Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands |
Sepik monitor / Peach-throated Monitor |
Varanus jobiensis |
Euprepiosaurus |
New Guinea |
Rennell Island Monitor |
Varanus juxtindicus |
Euprepiosaurus |
Rennell Island, (Solomon Islands Archipelago) |
Canopy Goanna |
Varanus keithhornei |
Hapturosaurus |
AUSTRALIA ( Qld ) |
Pygmy Rock Monitor |
Varanus kingorum |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA ( NT,WA ) |
Komodo Dragon |
Varanus komodoensis |
Varanus |
Indonesian Islands of Komodo, Rintja, Gilli Montang, and Flores. (may now be extinct on Pandar Island) |
Biak Tree Monitor |
Varanus kordensis (V.prasinus kordensis) |
Euprepiosaurus |
Indonesia (Biak Island) |
Lirung Monitor |
Varanus lirungensis |
Euprepiosaurus |
Indonesia - Talaud Islands |
Panay Monitor |
Varanus mabitang |
Philippinosaurus |
Panay Island, Philippines |
Blue Spotted tree or Mac Rae's Monitor |
Varanus macraei |
Euprepiosaurus |
Indonesia - Batanta Island |
Marbled Water monitor |
Varanus marmoratus |
Soterosaurus |
Philippines |
Quince Monitor |
Varanus melinus |
Euprepiosaurus |
Sula Islands (Maluku Islands) Indonesia |
Mertens' Water Monitor |
Varanus mertensi |
Varanus |
AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld,WA ) |
Mitchell's Water Monitor |
Varanus mitchelli |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA ( NT,WA ) |
Clouded Monitor |
Varanus nebulosus (was bengalensis nebulosus) |
Empagusia |
Burma, Thailand,Vietnam, Malayan Peninsula, Indonesia - Java |
Nesterov’s Desert Monitor |
Varanus nesterovi split from V. griseus caspius) |
Psammosaurus |
Iraq - Iran (border area) |
Nile Monitor |
Varanus niloticus |
Polydaedalus |
Africa |
Spiny-neck Water Monitor |
Varanus nuchalis (was Varanus salvator nuchalis) |
Soterosaurus |
Philippines (Islands of Cebu , Ticao , Negros Panay, and Masbate) |
Sago or Torch Monitor |
Varanus obor |
Euprepiosaurus |
Sanana Island - Indonesia |
Western Storr's Monitor
|
Varanus ocreatus (previously known as Varanus storri ocreatus) |
Odatria |
NT, Qld, WA |
Gray's Monitor |
Varanus olivaceus |
Philippinosaurus |
Philippines - Luzon and Catanduanes Island |
Ornate Monitor |
Varanus ornatus (Status uncertain) |
Polydaedalus |
Africa |
Palawan Water Monitor |
Varanus palawanensis (split from V. marmoratus) |
Soterosaurus |
Philippines - Palawan Island |
*Argus Monitor |
Varanus panoptes horni |
Varanus |
New Guinea |
Desert Spotted Monitor |
Varanus panoptes rubidus |
Varanus |
AUSTRALIA ( WA ) |
Northern Yellow-Spotted Monitor |
Varanus panoptes panoptes |
Varanus |
AUSTRALIA (NT,Qld,WA ) |
Northern Pilbara Rock Monitor |
Varanus pilbarensis |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA (WA - Northern Pilbara) |
Green Tree Monitor, Emerald monitor or Wyniss |
Varanus prasinus |
Hapturosaurus |
New Guinea & Torres Strait Islands (Qld. Australia) |
Northern Blunt-Spined Monitor |
Varanus primordius |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA ( NT ) |
Günther's Mangrove Monitor |
Varanus rainerguentheri |
Euprepiosaurus |
Indonesia - Halmahera Island |
Sulu Water Monitor |
Varanus rasmusseni (split from marmoratus) |
Soterosaurus |
Philippines - Sulu archipelago |
Yellow Tree Monitor |
Varanus reisingeri |
Hapturosaurus |
Indonesia - Misol Island |
Rosenberg's Heath Monitor |
Varanus rosenbergi |
Varanus |
AUSTRALIA (NSW,SA,Vic,WA ) |
Rough-necked Monitor |
Varanus rudicollis |
Empagusia |
Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo |
Crocodile Monitor |
Varanus salvadorii |
Papusaurus |
New Guinea |
Sri Lanka Water Monitor |
Varanus salvator salvator |
Soterosaurus |
Sri Lanka |
Andaman Islands Water Monitor |
Varanus salvator andamanensis |
Soterosaurus |
Andaman Islands |
Two Striped Water Monitor |
Varanus salvator bivittatus |
Soterosaurus |
INDONESIA:- Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Ombai, Komodo, Wetar and neighbouring islands |
Southeast Asian Water Monitor and Black Water Monitor |
Varanus salvator macromaculatus (includes lizards previously called Varanus salvator komaini) |
Soterosaurus |
Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo) |
Ziegler's Water Monitor |
Varanus salvator ziegleri |
Soterosaurus |
Indonesia; Kali Telaga, Obi Island, Maluku Province, Central Indonesia. |
Samar water monitor |
Varanus samarensis (was Varanus cumingi samarensis) |
Soterosaurus |
Samar, Leyte, & Bohol Islands (Philippines) |
Spotted Tree Monitor (see Varanus similis) |
Varanus scalaris (split from V. timorensis ) |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA (Qld,WA,NT?) |
Rusty Monitor |
Varanus semiremex |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA ( Qld) |
*Mussau Monitor |
Varanus semotus |
Euprepiosaurus |
(Mussau Island) Papua New Guinea |
Red Blotched Monitor |
Varanus similis? ( "V. pellewensis")
|
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA
|
Ocellated Rainforest Monitor |
Varanus similis? ("V. kuranda") ? (was Varanus scalaris similis)
|
Odatria |
New Guinea, AUSTRALIA
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Dampier Peninsula Monitor (Goanna) |
Varanus sparnus |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA WA
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Spencer's Monitor |
Varanus spenceri |
Varanus |
AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld ) |
Keeled Monitor |
Varanus spinulosus |
Euprepiosaurus
|
Solomon Islands |
Eastern Storr's Monitor |
Varanus storri |
Odatria |
AUSTRALIA (Qld ) |
Rossel Island Monitor |
Varanus telenesetes |
Euprepiosaurus |
New Guinea - Rossel Island |
*Timor Tree Monitor |
Varanus timorensis |
Odatria |
Indonesia - Timor,Sawu and Roti Island |
Togian Water Monitor |
Varanus togianus |
Soterosaurus |
Togian Island (Indonesia) |
Black-headed Monitor |
Varanus tristis tristis |
Varanus |
AUSTRALIA ( NT, SA, WA ) |
Freckled Monitor |
Varanus tristis orientalis |
Varanus |
AUSTRALIA ( NSW, NT, Qld, WA ) |
Lace Monitor |
Varanus varius |
Varanus |
AUSTRALIA
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Yemen Monitor |
Varanus yemenensis |
Polydaedalus |
Arabic Peninsula |
Tricolored Monitor |
Varanus yuwonoi |
Euprepiosaurus |
Indonesia- Jailolo on Halmahera Island |
Zug's Mangrove Monitor |
Varanus zugorum |
Euprepiosaurus |
Indonesia - Jailolo, Halmahera Islands, Moluccan islands, |
CI = Christmas Island
CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island
NSW = New South Wales
NT = Northern Territory
Qld = Queensland
SA = South Australia
Tas = Tasmania
Vic = Victoria
WA = Western Australia
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