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A Listing of Australian
Monitors
Distribution Key
ORDER: SQUAMATA
(LIZARDS AND SNAKES)
SUBORDER: SAURIA
(LIZARDS)
Family: Varanidae (Monitors)
| Subgenus | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution |
| Odatria | Varanus acanthurus acanthurus | Northwestern Ridge-Tailed Monitor | WA, NT |
| Odatria | Varanus acanthurus brachyurus | Common Ridge-tailed Monitor | WA, SA, NT, Qld |
| Odatria | Varanus acanthurus insulanicus | Island Ridge-Tailed Monitor | NT |
| Odatria | Varanus baritji | Black Spotted Ridge-tailed Monitor | NT |
| Odatria | Varanus brevicauda | Short-Tailed Pygmy Monitor | NT,Qld,SA,WA |
| Odatria | Varanus bushi | *Pilbara Pygmy Monitor | WA |
| Odatria | Varanus caudolineatus | Line-Tailed Pygmy Monitor | WA |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus doreanus | *Blue -Tailed or Kalabeck's Monitor | Qld |
| Odatria | Varanus eremius | Rusty Desert Monitor | NT,Qld,SA,WA |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus finschi (was V. doreanus finschi) | *Finsch's Monitor | Qld |
| Varanus | Varanus giganteus | Perentie | NT,Qld,SA,WA |
| Odatria | Varanus gilleni | Pygmy Mulga Monitor | NT,Qld,SA,WA |
| Odatria | Varanus glauerti | Kimberley Rock Monitor | NT,WA |
| Odatria | Varanus glebopalma | Long-Tailed Rock (Black-palmed) Monitor | NT,Qld,WA |
| Varanus | Varanus gouldii gouldii | Sand Monitor | WA SA NT(arid interior) |
| Varanus | Varanus gouldii flavirufus | Centralian Sand Monitor | WA SA NT(arid interior) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus indicus | Mangrove Monitor | NT,Qld |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus keithhornei | Canopy Goanna | Qld |
| Odatria | Varanus kingorum | Pygmy Rock Monitor | NT,WA |
| Varanus | Varanus mertensi | Mertens' Water Monitor | NT,Qld,WA |
| Odatria | Varanus mitchelli | Mitchell's Water Monitor | NT,WA |
| Varanus | Varanus panoptes rubidus | Desert Spotted Monitor | WA |
| Varanus | Varanus panoptes panoptes | Northern Yellow-Spotted Monitor | NT,Qld,WA |
| Odatria | Varanus pilbarensis | * Pilbara Rock Monitor | WA |
| Odatria | Varanus primordius | Northern Blunt-Spined Monitor | NT |
| Varanus | Varanus rosenbergi | Rosenberg's Heath Monitor | NSW,SA,Vic,WA |
| Odatria | Varanus scalaris | Spotted Tree Monitor | NT,Qld,WA |
| Odatria | Varanus scalaris ( V. pellewensis) | *Red Blotched Monitor | Qld |
| Odatria | Varanus scalaris ("V. kuranda") | *Ocellated Rainforest Monitor | Qld |
| Odatria | Varanus semiremex | Rusty Monitor | Qld |
| Varanus | Varanus spenceri | Spencer's Monitor | NT,Qld |
| Odatria | Varanus storri storri | Eastern Storr's Monitor | NT, Qld |
| Odatria | Varanus storri ocreatus | Western Storr's Monitor | NT |
| Varanus | Varanus tristis tristis | Black-headed Monitor | NT, SA, WA |
| Varanus | Varanus tristis orientalis | Freckled Monitor | NSW, NT, Qld, WA |
| Varanus | Varanus varius | Lace Monitor | NSW,Qld,SA,Vic |
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