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A Listing of
Monitors
Distribution Key
ORDER: SQUAMATA
(LIZARDS AND SNAKES)
SUBORDER: SAURIA
(LIZARDS)
Family: Varanidae (Monitors)
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| Subgenus | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution |
| Odatria | Varanus acanthurus | Ridge-tailed Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( WA, SA?, NT, Qld ) |
| Polydaedalus | Varanus salbigularis albigularis | *White-throated Monitor | AFRICA |
| Polydaedalus | Varanus albigularis angolensis | *Angolan White-throated Rock Monitor | AFRICA |
| Polydaedalus | Varanus albigularis ionides | *Black-throated Rock Monitor | AFRICA |
| Polydaedalus | Varanus albigularis microstictus | *Tanzanian White-throated Rock Monitor | AFRICA |
| Odatria | Varanus auffenbergi | Peacock monitor / Blue Timor Monitor | Indonesia - Roti Island |
| Odatria | Varanus baritji | Black Spotted Ridge-tailed Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT ) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus beccarii | Black Tree Monitor | Indonesia - Aru Islands |
Empagusia |
Varanus bengalensis | Bengal Monitor | Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma |
| Philippinosaurus | Varanus bitatawa | Bitatawa Monitor | Philippine Islands |
| Odatria | Varanus brevicauda | Short-Tailed Pygmy Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld,SA,WA ) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus boehmei | Golden Speckled/Spotted Tree monitor | Indonesia - Waigeo Island |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus bogerti | Bogert's Black Tree Monitor | D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Northeast of New Guinea) |
| Odatria | Varanus bushi | Pilbara Pygmy Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( WA ) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus caeruliverens | Turquoise / Blue Pinspot Monitor | Indonesia - Halmahera Islands |
| Odatria | Varanus caudolineatus | Line-Tailed Pygmy Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( WA ) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus cerambonensis | Ambon Monitor | Indonesia - Ambon, Banda, Buru, Obi and Seram Islands |
| Soterosaurus | Varanus cumingi | Yellow Headed or Phillipine Water Monitor | Philippines Islands - Mindanao, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Cebu, and Basilan |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus doreanus (was V. indicus kalabeck) | Blue-tailed (or Kalebeck) Monitor | New Guinea, New Britannia , Australia (QLD) |
Empagusia |
Varanus dumerilii | Dumeril's Monitor | Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo |
| Odatria | Varanus eremius | Rusty Desert Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld,SA,WA ) |
| Polydaedalus | Varanus exanthematicus | Savannah ( or Bosc's) Monitor | Africa |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus finschi | Finschi's Monitor | New Guinea, New Ireland, Australia (QLD) |
Empagusia |
Varanus flavescens | Yellow Monitor, Golden Monitor or Short-toed Monitor | Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan |
| Varanus | Varanus giganteus | Perentie | AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld,SA,WA ) |
| Odatria | Varanus gilleni | Pygmy Mulga Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld,SA,WA ) |
| Odatria | Varanus glauerti | Kimberley Rock Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT,WA ) |
| Odatria | Varanus glebopalma | Long-Tailed Rock (Black-palmed) Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld,WA ) |
| Varanus | Varanus gouldii gouldii | Sand Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( WA SA NT ) |
| Varanus | Varanus gouldii flavirufus | Centralian Sand Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( WA SA NT ) |
| Psammosaurus | Varanus griseus | Grey / Caspian / Indian Desert Monitor | Africa, Arabian Peninsula,Turkey, Asia,Pakistan,India |
| Odatria | Varanus hamersleyensis (split from Varanus pilbarensis) | *Southern Pilbara Rock Monitor | AUSTRALIA (WA -Hamersley Range) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus indicus | Mangrove Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld ) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus jobiensis | Sepik monitor / Peach-throated Monitor | New Guinea |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus juxtindicus | Rennell Island Monitor | Rennell Island, (Solomon Islands Archipelago) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus keithhornei | Canopy Goanna | AUSTRALIA ( Qld ) |
| Odatria | Varanus kingorum | Pygmy Rock Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT,WA ) |
| Varanus | Varanus komodoensis | Komodo Dragon | Indonesian Islands of Komodo, Rintja, Gilli Montang, and Flores. (may now be extict on Pandar Island) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus kordensis (V.prasinus kordensis) | Biak Tree Monitor | Indonesia (Biak Island) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus lirungensis | Lirung Monitor | Indonesia - Talaud Islands |
| Philippinosaurus | Varanus mabitang | Panay Monitor | Panay Island, Philippines |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus macraei | Blue tree / Mac Rae's monitor | Indonesia - Batanta Island |
| Soterosaurus | Varanus marmoratus | Marbled Water monitor | Phillipines |
| Varanus | Varanus mertensi | Mertens' Water Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld,WA ) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus melinus | *Quince Monitor | Sula Islands (Maluku Islands) Indonesia |
| Odatria | Varanus mitchelli | Mitchell's Water Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT,WA ) |
| Empagusia | Varanus nebulosus (was bengalensis nebulosus) | Clouded Monitor | Burma, Thailand,Vietnam, Malayan Peninsula, Indonesia - Java |
| Psammosaurus | Varanus nesterovi split from V. griseus caspius) | *Nesterov’s Desert Monitor | Iraq - Iran (border area) |
| Polydaedalus | Varanus niloticus | *Nile Monitor | Africa |
| Soterosaurus | Varanus nuchalis (was Varanus salvator nuchalis) | *Spiny-neck Water Monitor | Philippines (Islands of Cebu , Ticao , Negros Panay, and Masbate) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus obor | Sago or Torch Monitor | Sanana Island - Indonesia |
| Philippinosaurus | Varanus olivaceus | Gray's Monitor | Phillipines - Luzon and Catanduanes Island |
| Polydaedalus | Varanus ornatus | Ornate Monitor | Africa |
| Varanus | Varanus panoptes horni | Argus Monitor | New Guinea |
| Varanus | Varanus panoptes rubidus | Desert Spotted Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( WA ) |
| Varanus | Varanus panoptes panoptes | Northern Yellow-Spotted Monitor | AUSTRALIA (NT,Qld,WA ) |
| Soterosaurus | Varanus palawanensis (split from V. marmoratus) |
Palawan Water Monitor | Philippines - Palawan Island |
| Odatria | Varanus pilbarensis | *Northern Pilbara Rock Monitor | AUSTRALIA (WA - Northern Pilbara) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus prasinus | *Green Tree Monitor, Emerald monitor or Wyniss | New Guinea & Torres Strait Islands (Qld. Australia) |
| Odatria | Varanus primordius | Northern Blunt-Spined Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT ) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus rainerguentheri | Guenther’s Mangrove Monitor | Indonesia - Halmahera Island |
| Soterosaurus | Varanus rasmusseni (split from marmoratus) | Sulu Water Monitor | Philippines - Sulu archipelago |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus reisingeri | Yellow Tree Monitor | Indonesia - Misol Island |
| Varanus | Varanus rosenbergi | Rosenberg's Heath Monitor | AUSTRALIA (NSW,SA,Vic,WA ) |
| Empagusia | Varanus rudicollis | Rough-necked Monitor | Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo |
| Papusaurus | Varanus salvadorii | *Crocodile Monitor | New Guinea |
| Soterosaurus | Varanus salvator salvator | Asian Water Monitor | Sri Lanka ,Buirma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines |
| Soterosaurus | Varanus salvator macromaculatus (includes lizards previously called Varanus salvator komaini) | Southeast Asian Water Monitor and Black Water Monitor | Sri Lanka ,Buirma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines |
| Odatria | Varanus scalaris (split from V. timorensis ) | *Spotted Tree Monitor (see Varanus similis) | AUSTRALIA (Qld,WA,NT?) |
| Odatria | Varanus scalaris/similis? ( "V. pellewensis") | Red Blotched Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( South Western Qld ) |
| Odatria | Varanus scalaris/similis? ("V. kuranda") | Ocellated Rainforest Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( North Eastern Qld ) |
| Odatria | Varanus semiremex | Rusty Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( Qld |
| Odatria | Varanus similis or Varanus scalaris similis | *Spotted Tree Monitor (see Varanus scalaris) | New Guinea, AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld WA) |
| Varanus | Varanus spenceri | Spencer's Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld ) |
| Odatria | Varanus sparnus | *Dampier Peninsula Monitor (Goanna) | AUSTRALIA WA ( Kimberley area) |
| Euprepiosaurus ( appears to be incorrect) | Varanus spinulosus | Keeled Monitor | Solomon Islands |
| Odatria | Varanus storri storri | Eastern Storr's Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT, Qld ) |
| Odatria | Varanus storri ocreatus | Western Storr's Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT ) |
| Soterosaurus | Varanus togianus | *Togian Water Monitor | Togian Island (Indonesia) |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus telenesetes | Rossel Island Monitor | New Guinea - Rossel Island |
| Odatria | Varanus timorensis | Timor Tree Monitor | Indonesia - Timor,Sawu and Roti Island |
| Varanus | Varanus tristis tristis | Black-headed Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NT, SA, WA ) |
| Varanus | Varanus tristis orientalis | Freckled Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( NSW, NT, Qld, WA ) |
| Varanus | Varanus varius | Lace Monitor | AUSTRALIA ( SW,Qld,SA,Vic ) |
| Polydaedalus | Varanus yemenensis | Yemen Monitor | Arabic Peninsula |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus yuwonoi | *Tricolored Monitor | Indonesia- Jailolo on Halmahera Island |
| Euprepiosaurus | Varanus zugorum | Zug's Mangrove Monitor | Indonesia - Jailolo, Halmahera Islands, Moluccan islands, |
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