Varanid species information page
We are always looking for good photos of wild and captive
monitors, and online information.
If you have some of the above you can send an email to us. Credit will of course be given.
On this page you will be able to find information on monitor lizard species.
Click on the species name to get directed to the information on the specific species. Each page will contain photos ( from myself and others ) and links to information on the species.
Euprepiosaurus.
Varanus semotus.
Hapturosaurus.
Varanus keithhornei.
Varanus telenesetes.
Odatria.
Varanus sparnus.
Polydaedalus.
Varanus stellatus.
Varanus ornatus.
Varanus yemenensis.
Solomonsaurus.
Varanus spinulosus.
Soterosaurus.
Varanus dalubhasa.
Varanus marmoratus.
Varanus rasmusseni.
Varanus samarensis.
Species information:
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Owen Gale.
Common name: Bengal monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus bengalensis.
Subgenus : Empagusia.
Described : Daudin. 1802.
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Common name: Dumeril¨s monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus dumerilii.
Subgenus : Empagusia.
Described : Schlegel. 1839.
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Common name: Yellow monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus flavescens.
Subgenus : Empagusia.
Described :Hardwicke & Gray 1827.
Information:
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Common name: Clouded monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus nebulosus.
Subgenus : Empagusia.
Described : Gray. 1931.
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Common name: Roughneck monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus rudicollis
Subgenus : Empagusia.
Described : Gray. 1845.
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Common name: Bennett's long-tailed monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus bennetti.
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus.
Described : Weijola, Vahtera, Koch, Schmitz & Kraus, 2020.
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Common name: Turquoise monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus caerulivirens.
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus.
Described : Ziegler, Böhme and Philipp. 1999
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Common name: Ceram mangrove monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus cerambonensis.
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus.
Described : Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler. 1999.
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Common name: Kei island monitor lizard.
Scientific name: Varanus colei.
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus.
Described : Böhme,Jacobs,Koppetsch & Schmitz. 2019.
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Common name:
Scientific name: Varanus douarrha
Subgenus :
Described : Lesson, 1830
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Common name: Mangrove monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus indicus.
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus.
Described : Daudin. 1802.
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Common name: Peach throated monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus jobiensis.
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus.
Described : Ahl. 1932.
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Common name: Rennell island monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus juxtindicus.
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus.
Described : Böhme, Philipp, Ziegler. 2002.
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Common name: Quince monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus melinus.
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus.
Described : Böhme & Ziegler. 1997.
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Common name:
Scientific name: Varanus lirungensis
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus
Described :Koch, Arida, Schmitz,
Böhme and Ziegler, 2009
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Common name: Sago monitor
Scientifiv name: Varanus obor.
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus.
Described : Weijola & Sweet. 2010.
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Common name: Rainer Günther’s Monitor
Scientific name: Varanus rainerguentheri
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus
Described : Ziegler, Böhme and Schmitz, 2007
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Common name: Mariana monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus tsukamotoi.
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus.
Described : Kishida. 1929.
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Common name: Tricolor monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus yuwonoi.
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus.
Described : Harvey & Barker. 1998.
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Common name: Silver monitor
Scientific name: Varanus zugorum
Subgenus : Euprepiosaurus
Described : Böhme and Ziegler, 2005
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Common name: Black tree monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus beccarii.
Subgenus : Hapturosaurus.
Described : Doria 1874.
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Common name: Golden spotted tree monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus boehmei.
Subgenus : Hapturosaurus.
Described : Jacobs. 2003.
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Common name: Bogert´s monitor
Scientific name: Varanus bogerti
Subgenus : Hapturosaurus
Described : Mertens, 1950
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Common name: Biak tree monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus kordensis.
Subgenus : Hapturosaurus.
Described : A. B. Meyer. 1874.
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Common name: Blue spotted tree monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus macraei.
Subgenus: : Hapturosaurus.
Described : Böhme & Jacobs. 2001.
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Common name: Green tree monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus prasinus.
Subgenus : Hapturosaurus.
Described : Schlegel 1839.
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Common name: Yellow tree monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus reisingeri.
Subgenus : Hapturosaurus.
Described : Eidenmüller & Wicker. 2005.
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Information:
https://www.hetterrarium.com/en_GB/a-46524563/info-lizards/varanus-acanthurus-info-care/
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/spiny-tailed-monitor
https://www.reptilesmagazine.com/spiny-tailed-monitor-lizard-care-tips/
https://www.philipniceguyexotics.co.uk/caresheets/ackie
http://varanidae.org/Vol_2_No_1.pdf
Common name: Spiny tailed monitor / ridge tailed monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus acanthurus.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Boulenger 1885.
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Common name: Peacock monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus auffenbergi.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Sprackland. 1999.
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Common name: Black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus baritji.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : King & Horner 1987.
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Common name: Short tailed monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus brevicauda.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Boulenger. 1898.
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Common name: Pilbara monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus bushi.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Aplin, A. Fitch & D. King. 2006.
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Common name: Stripe tailed monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus caudolineatus.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Boulenger. 1885.
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Common name: Rusty desert monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus eremius.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Lucas & Frost. 1895.
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Common name: Pygmy mulga monitor
Scientific name: Varanus gilleni
Subgenus : Odatria
Discovered : 1895 Lucas & Frost
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Common name: Kimberley rock monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus glauerti.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Mertens. 1957.
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Common name: Black palmed rock monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus glebopalma.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Mitchell. 1955.
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Common name: Southern pilbara rock monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus hamersleyensis.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Maryan, Oliver, Fitch & O'Connell, 2014.
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Common name: Kings rock monitor.
Scientific name: varanus kingorum.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Storr 1980.
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Common name: Mitchell´s water monitor.
Scientific name: varanus mitchelli.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Mertens. 1958.
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Common name: Pilbara rock monitor.
Scientific name: Varannus pilbarensis.
Subgenus : Odatria
Described : Storr. 1980.
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Common name: Northern blunt spined monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus primordius.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Mertens. 1942.
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Common name: Spotted tree monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus scalaris.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Mertens. 1941.
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Common name: Rusty monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus semiremex.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Peters. 1869.
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Common name: Spotted tree monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus similis.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Mertens. 1958.
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Common name: Storr`s monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus storri.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : 1966 Mertens.
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Common name: Timor monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus timorensis.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Gary. 1831.
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Common name: Black headed monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus tristis.
Subgenus : Odatria.
Described : Schlegel. 1839.
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Common name: Crocodile monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus salvadorii.
Subgenus : Papusaurus.
Described : W. Peters & Doria.
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Common name: Gray´s monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus olivaceus.
Subgenus : Philippinosaurus.
Described : Hallowell. 1856.
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Common name: Rock monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus albigularis.
Subgenus : Polydaedalus.
Described : Daudin 1802.
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Common name: Savannah monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus exanthematicus.
Subgenus : Polydaedalus.
Described : Bosc 1792.
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Common name: Nile monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus niloticus.
Subgenus : Polydaedalus.
Described : Linnaeus. 1766.
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Common name: Desert monitor.
Scientific name : Varanus griseus.
Subgenus : Psammosaurus.
Described : Daudin 1803.
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Common name: Nesterov´desert monitor.
Scientific name: Varanus nesterovi.
Subgenus : Psammosaurus.
Described : Böhme. Ehrlich. Milto. Orlov & Scholz. 2015
