Editing Monitor lizard (section)

==Taxonomy==
[[File:Iguana and Indian monitor lizard.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Bengal monitor]] (''V. bengalensis'') with [[green iguana]] (''Iguana iguana'')]]
[[File:Dumeril's Monitor Lizard (Varanus dumerilii) (Photo by Xavier MALLERET) (24237560651).jpg|thumb|Dumeril's monitor (''[[Dumeril's monitor|V. dumerilii]]'')]]
'''Genus ''Varanus'''''

:<small>Species marked with {{extinct}} are [[Extinction|extinct]]</small>

* <small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Varanus bolkayi|V. bolkayi]]<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Molnar |first=Ralph E. |title=Varanoid Lizards of the World |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-253-34366-6 |editor-last=Pianka |editor-first=Eric R. |chapter=The Long and Honorable History of Monitors and their Kin |editor-last2=King |editor-first2=Dennis R. |editor-last3=King |editor-first3=Ruth Allen}}</ref>''
* <small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Varanus darevskii|V. darevskii]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Pianka |first1=Eric R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0e3OuHRRoIQC |title=Varanoid Lizards of the World |last2=King |first2=Dennis |last3=King |first3=Ruth Allen |date=2004 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-34366-6 |pages=40, 106 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Villa |first1=Andrea |last2=Abella |first2=Juan |last3=Alba |first3=David M. |last4=Almécija |first4=Sergio |last5=Bolet |first5=Arnau |last6=Koufos |first6=George D. |last7=Knoll |first7=Fabien |last8=Luján |first8=Àngel H. |last9=Morales |first9=Jorge |last10=Robles |first10=Josep M. |last11=Sánchez |first11=Israel M. |date=2018-12-05 |title=Revision of Varanus marathonensis (Squamata, Varanidae) based on historical and new material: morphology, systematics, and paleobiogeography of the European monitor lizards |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=13 |issue=12 |pages=e0207719 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0207719 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=6281198 |pmid=30517172|bibcode=2018PLoSO..1307719V |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* <small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Varanus emeritus|V. emeritus]]'' (<small>=''V. salvadorii''?</small>)''<ref name=":5" />''
* <small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Varanus hooijeri|V. hooijeri]]<ref name=":5" />''
* <small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Varanus hofmanni|V. hofmanni]]<ref name=":5" />''
* <small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Varanus lungui|V. lungui]]<ref name=":5" />''
* <small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Varanus marathonensis|V. marathonensis]]''
* <small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Varanus mokrensis|V. mokrensis]]''<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last1=Ivanov |first1=Martin |last2=Ruta |first2=Marcello |last3=Klembara |first3=Jozef |last4=Böhme |first4=Madelaine |date=2018-07-15 |title=A new species of Varanus (Anguimorpha: Varanidae) from the early Miocene of the Czech Republic, and its relationships and palaeoecology |url=http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/28635/4/28635%20Varanus_text_FINAL_MI_MR.pdf |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=9 |pages=767–797 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1355338 |bibcode=2018JSPal..16..767I |issn=1477-2019 |s2cid=73543240 |archive-date=2019-04-27 |access-date=2020-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427193129/http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/28635/4/28635%20Varanus_text_FINAL_MI_MR.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* <small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Varanus pronini|V. pronini]]<ref name=":5" />''
* <small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Varanus rusingensis|V. rusingensis]]<ref name=":5" />''<ref name=":4" />
* <small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Varanus semjonovi|V. semjonovi]]<ref name=":5" />''
* <small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Varanus sivalensis|V. sivalensis]]''
* <small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Varanus tyrasiensis|V. tyrasiensis]]'' (<small>=''V. hofmanni''?</small>)''<ref name=":5" />''

Subgenus '''''[[Varanus (Empagusia)|Empagusia]]''''':
[[File:Clouded monitor 2.1.jpg|thumb|Clouded monitor (''[[Clouded monitor|V. nebulosus]]'')]]
*''[[Bengal monitor|V. bengalensis]]'', Bengal monitor
*''[[Varanus dumerilii|V. dumerilii]]'', Dumeril's monitor, brown roughneck monitor
*''[[Yellow monitor|V. flavescens]]'', golden monitor, yellow monitor, short-toed monitor
*''[[Clouded monitor|V. nebulosus]]'', clouded monitor

[[File:Varanidae - Varanus doreanus.JPG|thumb|Blue-tailed monitor (''[[Blue-tailed monitor|V. doreanus]]'')]][[File:Varanus macraei - Reptilium Landau 01.jpg|thumb|Blue-spotted tree monitor (''[[Varanus macraei|V. macraei]]'')]]

Subgenus '''''[[Varanus (Euprepiosaurus)|Euprepiosaurus]]''''':<ref>[[:fr:Thomas Ziegler (zoologiste)|Ziegler, Thomas]]; [[:fr:Andreas Schmitz|Schmitz, Andreas]]; Koch, Andre; [[:de:Wolfgang Böhme (Zoologe)|Böhme, Wolfgang]] (2007). "A review of the subgenus ''Euprepiosaurus'' of ''Varanus'' (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the ''V. indicus'' and the ''V. prasimus'' species groups". ''Zootaxa'' '''1472''': 1-28.</ref>

*''[[Varanus bennetti|V. bennetti]]'', Bennett's long-tailed monitor<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite journal|last1=Weijola|first1=Valter|last2=Vahtera|first2=Varpu|last3=Koch|first3=André|last4=Schmitz|first4=Andreas|last5=Kraus|first5=Fred|title=Taxonomy of Micronesian monitors (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanus): endemic status of new species argues for caution in pursuing eradication plans|journal=Royal Society Open Science|year=2020|volume=7|issue=5|pages=200092|doi=10.1098/rsos.200092|pmid=32537217|pmc=7277287|bibcode=2020RSOS....700092W|doi-access=free}}</ref>
*''[[Varanus caerulivirens|V. caerulivirens]]'', turquoise monitor
*''[[Varanus cerambonensis|V. cerambonensis]]'', Ceram monitor
*''[[Varanus colei|V. colei]]'' Kei Islands monitor<ref name=":1" />
*''[[Varanus doreanus|V. doreanus]]'', blue-tailed monitor
*''[[Varanus douarrha|V. douarrha]]'',  New Ireland monitor
*''[[Varanus finschi|V. finschi]]'', Finsch's monitor
*''[[Varanus indicus|V. indicus]]'', mangrove monitor
*''[[Varanus jobiensis|V. jobiensis]]'', peach-throated monitor
*''[[Varanus juxtindicus|V. juxtindicus]]'', Rennell Island monitor
*''[[Varanus lirungensis|V. lirungensis]]'', Talaud mangrove monitor
*''[[Varanus louisiadensis|V. louisiadensis]]'', Louisiade monitor<ref name="weikraus">{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/00222933.2023.2218574|title=Two new species of monitor lizards (Squamata: ''Varanus'') endemic to the Louisiade and Tanimbar archipelagos|journal=Journal of Natural History|volume=57|issue=13–16|pages=947–975|year=2023|last1=Weijola|first1=Valter|last2=Kraus|first2=Fred|doi-access=free}}</ref>
*''[[Varanus melinus|V. melinus]]'', quince monitor<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02434p032f.pdf|title=A new melanistic species of monitor lizard (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae) from Sanana Island, Indonesia|journal=Zootaxa|volume= 2434|pages= 17–32|year=2010|author1=Weijola, Valter |author2=Sweet, Samuel |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2434.1.2}}</ref>
*''[[Varanus obor|V. obor]]'', sago monitor
*''[[Varanus rainerguentheri|V. rainerguentheri]]'' Rainer Günther's monitor
*''[[Varanus semotus|V. semotus]]'', Mussau Island blue-tailed monitor<ref name="vwei">{{cite journal|doi=10.3897/zookeys.568.6872|pmid=27103877|pmc=4829673|title=A new blue-tailed Monitor lizard (Reptilia, Squamata, Varanus) of the Varanus indicus group from Mussau Island, Papua New Guinea|journal=ZooKeys|issue=568|pages=129–54|year=2016|last1=Weijola|first1=Valter|last2=Donnellan|first2=Stephen|last3=Lindqvist|first3=Christer|bibcode=2016ZooK..568..129W |doi-access=free}}</ref>
*''[[Varanus tanimbar|V. tanimbar]]'', Tanimbar monitor<ref name="weikraus"/>
*''[[Varanus tsukamotoi|V. tsukamotoi]]'', Mariana monitor<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
*''[[Varanus yuwonoi|V. yuwonoi]]'' black-backed mangrove monitor, tricolor monitor
*''[[Varanus zugorum|V. zugorum]]'', silver monitor, Zug's monitor

[[File:Varanus timorensis.jpg|thumb|Timor tree monitor (''[[Varanus timorensis|V. timorensis]]'')]]

Subgenus '''''[[Varanus (Hapturosaurus)|Hapturosaurus]]''''':<ref name=":3" />

*''[[Varanus beccarii|V. beccarii]]'', black tree monitor
*''[[Varanus boehmei|V. boehmei]]'', golden-spotted tree monitor
*''[[Varanus bogerti|V. bogerti]]'', Bogert's monitor
*''[[Varanus keithhornei|V. keithhornei]]'', canopy goanna, blue-nosed tree monitor, Nesbit River monitor<ref>[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Varanus&species=keithhornei&search_param=%28%28genus%3D%27Varanus%27%2Cexact%29%29 ''Varanus keithhornei''], The Reptile Database</ref>
*''[[Varanus kordensis|V. kordensis]]'', Biak tree monitor
*''[[Varanus macraei|V. macraei]]'', blue-spotted tree monitor
*''[[Varanus prasinus|V. prasinus]]'', emerald tree monitor<ref>[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Varanus&species=prasinus&search_param=%28%28genus%3D%27Varanus%27%2Cexact%29%29 ''Varanus prasinus''], The Reptile Database</ref>
*''[[Varanus reisingeri|V. reisingeri]]''<ref>Eidenmüller, Bernd; Wicker, Rudolf (2005). "''Eine weitere neue Waranart aus dem'' Varanus prasinus-''Komplex von den Insel Misol, Indonesian'' ". ''Sauria'' '''27''' (1): 3-8. (''Varanus reisingeri'', new species). (in German).</ref> yellow tree monitor
*''[[Varanus telenesetes|V. telenesetes]]'', mysterious tree monitor, Rossell tree monitor

[[File:Amneville varanus acanthurus 2708 2010.jpg|thumb|Ridge-tailed monitor (''[[Spiny-tailed monitor|V. acanthurus]]'')]]
[[File:Varanus Salvadorii Köln Zoo 31122014 2.jpg|alt=|thumb|Crocodile monitor (''[[Varanus salvadorii|V. salvadorii]]'')]][[File:Varanus bitatawa (KU 322188) from Barangay Dibuluan, San Mariano - ZooKeys-266-001-g069.jpg|thumb|Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (''[[Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor|V. bitatawa]])'']]

Subgenus '''''[[Varanus (Odatria)|Odatria]]''''':

*''[[Spiny-tailed monitor|V. acanthurus]]'', spiny-tailed monitor, ridge-tailed monitor, Ackie's dwarf monitor
**''V. a. acanthurus'', spiny-tailed monitor
**''V. a. brachyurus'', common spiny-tailed monitor
*''[[Varanus auffenbergi|V. auffenbergi]]'', Auffenberg's monitor, peacock monitor
*''[[Varanus brevicauda|V. brevicauda]]'', short-tailed monitor
*''[[Varanus bushi|V. bushi]]'', Pilbara stripe-tailed monitor, Bush's monitor
*''[[Varanus caudolineatus|V. caudolineatus]]'', stripe-tailed monitor
*''[[Varanus citrinus|V. citrinus]]'', Gulf ridge-tailed monitor<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last1=Pavón-Vázquez |first1=Carlos J. |last2=Esquerré |first2=Damien |last3=Fitch |first3=Alison J. |last4=Maryan |first4=Brad |last5=Doughty |first5=Paul |last6=Donnellan |first6=Stephen C. |last7=Keogh |first7=J. Scott |date=2022-08-01 |title=Between a rock and a dry place: phylogenomics, biogeography, and systematics of ridge-tailed monitors (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus acanthurus complex) |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790322001294 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |language=en |volume=173 |pages=107516 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107516 |pmid=35577290 |bibcode=2022MolPE.17307516P |s2cid=248807709 |issn=1055-7903}}</ref>
*''[[Varanus eremius|V. eremius]]'', rusty desert monitor, pygmy desert monitor
*''[[Varanus gilleni|V. gilleni]]'', pygmy mulga monitor
*''[[Varanus glauerti|V. glauerti]]'', Kimberley rock monitor
*''[[Varanus glebopalma|V. glebopalma]]'', twilight monitor, black-palmed rock monitor
*''[[Varanus hamersleyensis|V. hamersleyensis]]'', Hamersley Range rock monitor
*''[[Varanus insulanicus|V. insulanicus]]'', Groote Eylandt monitor<ref name=":6" />
**''[[Black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor|V. i. baritji]]'', black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor
*''[[Varanus kingorum|V. kingorum]]'', Kings' rock monitor
*''[[Varanus mitchelli|V. mitchelli]]'', Mitchell's water monitor
*''[[Varanus ocreatus|V. ocreatus]]'', Storr's monitor<ref name=":6" />
*''[[Varanus pilbarensis|V. pilbarensis]]'', Pilbara rock monitor
*''[[Varanus primordius|V. primordius]]'' northern blunt-spined monitor
*''[[Varanus scalaris|V. scalaris]]'', banded tree monitor
*''[[Varanus semiremex|V. semiremex]]'' rusty monitor
*''[[Varanus similis|V. similis]]'', Similis monitor, spotted tree monitor
*''[[Varanus sparnus|V. sparnus]]'', Dampier Peninsula monitor
*''[[Varanus storri|V. storri]]'', eastern Storr's monitor
*''[[Varanus timorensis|V. timorensis]]'', Timor monitor
*''[[Varanus tristis|V. tristis]]''
**''V. t. tristis'', black-headed monitor
**''V. t. orientalis'', freckled monitor

Subgenus '''''[[Varanus (Papusaurus)|Papusaurus]]'''''

* ''[[Crocodile monitor|V. salvadorii]]'', crocodile monitor

Subgenus '''''[[Varanus (Philippinosaurus)|Philippinosaurus]]''''':
*''[[Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor|V. bitatawa]]'', northern Sierra Madre forest monitor, ''butikaw'', ''bitatawa''
*''[[Panay monitor|V. mabitang]]'', Panay monitor, ''mabitang''
*''[[Gray's monitor|V. olivaceus]]'', Gray's monitor, ''butaan''

[[File:Monitor lizard in Kalahari.JPG|thumb|right|White-throated monitor (''[[White-throated monitor|V. a. albigularis]]'') on the Kalahari savannah]]
[[File:Varanus niloticus ornatus.jpg|thumb|right|"Ornate monitor", "''[[Ornate monitor|V. ornatus]]''"]]

Subgenus '''''[[Varanus (Polydaedalus)|Polydaedalus]]''''':
*''[[Varanus albigularis|V. albigularis]]'', rock monitor, white-throated monitor
**''[[Varanus albigularis albigularis|V. a. albigularis]]'', white-throated monitor
**''[[Varanus albigularis angolensis|V. a. angolensis]]'', Angolan monitor
**''[[Black-throated monitor|V. a. microstictus]]'', black-throated monitor
*''[[Varanus exanthematicus|V. exanthematicus]]'', savannah monitor, Bosc's monitor
*''[[Varanus niloticus|V. niloticus]]'', Nile monitor
*''[[Varanus stellatus|V. stellatus]]'', West African Nile monitor
*''[[Varanus ornatus|V. ornatus]]'', ornate monitor
*''[[Varanus yemenensis|V. yemenensis]]'', Yemen monitor

[[File:Varanus griseus caspius.jpg|thumb|Caspian monitor (''[[Desert monitor|V. g. caspius]]'')]]
[[File:Monitor Lizard, Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve, Singapore (1669835154).jpg|thumb|Water monitor ([[Asian water monitor|''V. salvator'']])]]
Subgenus '''''[[Varanus (Psammosaurus)|Psammosaurus]]''''':
*''[[desert monitor|V. griseus]]'', desert monitor
**''V. g. griseus'', desert monitor, grey monitor
**''V. g. caspius'', Caspian monitor
**''V. g. koniecznyi'', Indian desert monitor, Thar desert monitor
*''[[Nesterov's desert monito|V. nesterovi]]'', Nesterov's desert monitor

Subgenus '''''[[Varanus (Solomonsaurus)|Solomonsaurus]]''''':<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bucklitsch|first=Yannick|date=2016-08-17|title=Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4153|issue=1|pages=1–192|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4153.1.1|pmid=27615821}}</ref>

* ''[[Varanus spinulosus|V. spinulosus]]'', spiny-necked mangrove monitor, Solomon Islands spiny monitor

[[File:Perentie Lizard Pair.jpg|alt=|thumb|Perentie (''[[Varanus giganteus|V. giganteus]]'')]]
Subgenus '''''[[Varanus (Soterosaurus)|Soterosaurus]]''''':
*''[[Varanus bangonorum|V. bangonorum]]'', Bangon monitor<ref name="undercover-researchers">{{cite web|url=https://news.ku.edu/2015/01/12/undercover-researchers-expose-two-new-species-lizard-sale-philippine-black-market|title=Undercover researchers expose two new species of lizard for sale on Philippine black market|author=Brendan M. Lynch|date=2015-01-12|work=KU Today|publisher=KU {{!}} The University of Kansas}}</ref>
*''[[Varanus cumingi|V. cumingi]]'', Cuming's water monitor, yellow-headed water monitor
*''[[Varanus dalubhasa|V. dalubhasa]]'', Enteng's monitor<ref name="undercover-researchers"/>
*''[[marbled water monitor|V. marmoratus]]'', marbled water monitor, Philippine water monitor
*''[[Varanus nuchalis|V. nuchalis]]'' large-scaled water monitor
*''[[Varanus palawanensis|V. palawanensis]]'', Palawan water monitor
*''[[Varanus rasmusseni|V. rasmusseni]]''<ref>Koch, André; Gaulke, Maren; Böhme, Wolfgang (2010). "Unravelling the underestimated diversity of Philippine water monitor Lizards (Squamata: ''Varanus salvator'' complex), with description of two new species and a new subspecies". ''Zootaxa'' '''2446''': 1-54. (''Varanus rasmusseni'', new species, p. 28).</ref><ref>[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Varanus&species=rasmusseni&search_param=%28%28genus%3D%27Varanus%27%29%28species%3D%27rasmusseni%27%29%29 ''Varanus rasmusseni''], The Reptile Database</ref> Rasmussen's water monitor
*''[[Varanus rudicollis|V. rudicollis]]'', black roughneck monitor
*''[[Asian water monitor|V. salvator]]'', Asian water monitor
**''V. s. salvator'', Sri Lankan water monitor
**''V. s. andamanensis'', Andaman water monitor
**''V. s. bivittatus'', two-striped water monitor, Javan water monitor
**''V. s. macromaculatus'', Southeast Asian water monitor
**''V. s. ziegleri'', Ziegler's water monitor
*''[[Varanus samarensis|V. samarensis]]'', Samar water monitor
*''[[Varanus togianus|V. togianus]]'', Togian water monitor

[[File:Komodo Dragon (15620549901).jpg|thumb|Komodo dragon (''[[Komodo dragon|V. komodoensis]])'']]
Subgenus '''''[[Varanus (Varanus)|Varanus]]''''':
*''[[Perentie|V. giganteus]]'', perentie
*''[[Sand goanna|V. gouldii]]'', Gould's monitor, sand monitor, sand goanna
*''[[Komodo dragon|V. komodoensis]]'', Komodo dragon
*''[[Mertens' water monitor|V. mertensi]]'', Mertens' monitor
*''[[Argus monitor|V. panoptes]]''
**''V. p. panoptes'', Argus monitor
**''V. p. horni'', Horn's monitor
** ''V. p. rubidus'', yellow-spotted monitor
*<small>''{{extinct}}''</small>''[[Megalania|V. priscus]]'', megalania
*''[[Varanus rosenbergi|V. rosenbergi]]'', Rosenberg's monitor, heath monitor
*''[[Varanus spenceri|V. spenceri]]'', Spencer's monitor
*''[[Lace monitor|V. varius]]'', lace monitor
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