Editing Monitor lizard (section)

==Distribution==
The various species [[Range (biology)|cover]] a vast area, occurring through Africa, the [[Indian subcontinent]], to [[China]], the [[Ryukyu Islands]] in southern [[Japan]], south to [[Southeast Asia]] to [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Brunei]], [[Indonesia]], the [[Philippines]], [[New Guinea]], [[Australia]], and islands of the [[Indian Ocean]] and the [[South China Sea]]. They have also been introduced outside of their natural range, for instance, the [[West African Nile monitor]] is now found in [[South Florida]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Yong |first= Ed |date= 20 April 2016 |title= Florida's Dragon Problem |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/04/the-past-and-future-of-floridas-dragon-problem/478905/ |magazine= The Atlantic |access-date=<!-- original access date unknown -->}}</ref> Monitor lizards also occurred widely in Europe in the [[Neogene]], with the last known remains in the region dating to the [[Middle Pleistocene]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=L|first1=Georgalis Georgios|last2=Andrea|first2=Villa|last3=Massimo|first3=Delfino|date=4 March 2017|title=The last European varanid: demise and extinction of monitor lizards (Squamata, Varanidae) from Europe|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1301946|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=37|issue=2|pages=e1301946|doi=10.1080/02724634.2017.1301946|bibcode=2017JVPal..37E1946G |issn=0272-4634|hdl=2318/1635702|s2cid=90865661|hdl-access=free}}</ref>