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Varanus  Merrem, 1820
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174115

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Monitor Lizards [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2006    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 -- répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
             OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 -- Amphisbaenians, amphisbènes, lézards, Lizards, serpents, Snakes  
                SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                   FamilyVaranidae  -- Monitor Lizards, Monitors  
                      GenusVaranus Merrem, 1820 -- Monitor Lizards  
    Direct Children:  
                         Species Varanus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885  
                         Species Varanus albigularis (Daudin, 1802)  
                         Species Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland, 1999  
                         Species Varanus baritji King and Horner, 1987  
                         Species Varanus beccarii (Doria, 1874)  
                         Species Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802) -- Bengal Monitor 
                         Species Varanus boehmei Jacobs, 2003  
                         Species Varanus bogerti Mertens, 1950  
                         Species Varanus brevicauda Boulenger, 1898  
                         Species Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme and Philipp, 1999  
                         Species Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger, 1898  
                         Species Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme and Ziegler, 1999  
                         Species Varanus doreanus (Meyer, 1874)  
                         Species Varanus dumerilii (Schlegel, 1839)  
                         Species Varanus eremius Lucas and Frost, 1895  
                         Species Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc, 1792)  
                         Species Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn and Ziegler, 1994  
                         Species Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke and Gray, 1827) -- Short-toed Monitor, Yellow Monitor 
                         Species Varanus giganteus (Gray, 1845)  
                         Species Varanus gilleni Lucas and Frost, 1895  
                         Species Varanus glauerti Mertens, 1957  
                         Species Varanus glebopalma Mitchell, 1955  
                         Species Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838)  
                         Species Varanus griseus (Daudin, 1803) -- Desert Monitor, Grey Monitor 
                         Species Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802) -- Indian Monitor, Indian Monitor Lizard 
                         Species Varanus jobiensis Ahl, 1932  
                         Species Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp and Ziegler, 2002  
                         Species Varanus keithhornei Wells and Wellington, 1985  
                         Species Varanus kingorum Storr, 1980  
                         Species Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912 -- Komodo Dragon, Komodo Island Monitor, Komodo Monitor 
                         Species Varanus kordensis (Meyer, 1874)  
                         Species Varanus mabitang Gaulke and Curio, 2001  
                         Species Varanus macraei Böhme and Jacobs, 2001  
                         Species Varanus melinus Böhme and Ziegler, 1997  
                         Species Varanus mertensi Glauert, 1951  
                         Species Varanus mitchelli Mertens, 1958  
                         Species Varanus nebulosus (Gray, 1831)  
                         Species Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus in Hasselquist, 1762) -- Nile Monitor 
                         Species Varanus olivaceus Hallowell, 1856 -- Gray's Monitor 
                         Species Varanus ornatus (Daudin, 1802)  
                         Species Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980  
                         Species Varanus pilbarensis Storr, 1980  
                         Species Varanus prasinus (Schlegel, 1839)  
                         Species Varanus primordius Mertens, 1942  
                         Species Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller and Wicker, 2005  
                         Species Varanus rosenbergi Mertens, 1957  
                         Species Varanus rudicollis (Gray, 1845)  
                         Species Varanus salvadorii (Peters and Doria, 1878)  
                         Species Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) -- Common Water Monitor 
                         Species Varanus scalaris Mertens, 1941  
                         Species Varanus semiremex Peters, 1869  
                         Species Varanus similis Mertens, 1958  
                         Species Varanus spenceri Lucas and Frost, 1903  
                         Species Varanus spinulosus Mertens, 1941  
                         Species Varanus storri Mertens, 1966  
                         Species Varanus telenesetes Sprackland, 1991  
                         Species Varanus timorensis (Gray, 1831)  
                         Species Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839)  
                         Species Varanus varius (Shaw, 1790)  
                         Species Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger and Schätti, 1989  
                         Species Varanus yuwonoi Harvey and Barker, 1998  
                         Species Varanus zugorum Böhme and Ziegler, 2005  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Varanus   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Varanus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Varanus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Varanus   
       

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