Varanus
93 species live on this branch.
Photo: Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A face from this branch: Komodo Dragon
Where Varanus sits on the tree
SpeciesSpiny-tailed MonitorVaranus acanthurus
SpeciesVaranus albigularis3 subspecies- SpeciesVaranus bangonorum
SpeciesVaranus beccarii
SpeciesVaranus bengalensis2 subspecies
SpeciesVaranus bennetti
SpeciesVaranus bitatawa
SpeciesVaranus boehmei- SpeciesVaranus bogerti
SpeciesVaranus brevicauda- SpeciesVaranus bushi
SpeciesVaranus caerulivirens
SpeciesVaranus caspius
SpeciesVaranus caudolineatus- SpeciesVaranus chlorostigma
- SpeciesVaranus citrinus
- SpeciesVaranus colei
SpeciesVaranus cumingi- SpeciesVaranus dalubhasa
- SpeciesVaranus delcantoi
SpeciesVaranus doreanus- SpeciesVaranus douarrha
SpeciesVaranus dumerilii
SpeciesVaranus eremius
SpeciesVaranus exanthematicus
SpeciesVaranus finschi
SpeciesVaranus flavescens- SpeciesVaranus fyfei
SpeciesPerentieVaranus giganteus
SpeciesVaranus gilleni
SpeciesVaranus glauerti
SpeciesVaranus glebopalma
SpeciesVaranus gouldii
SpeciesVaranus griseus2 subspecies
SpeciesVaranus hamersleyensis
SpeciesVaranus indicus- SpeciesVaranus insulanicus
- SpeciesVaranus iridis
SpeciesVaranus jobiensis- SpeciesVaranus juxtindicus
- SpeciesVaranus keithhornei
SpeciesVaranus kingorum
★ StoryKomodo DragonVaranus komodoensis
SpeciesVaranus kordensis- SpeciesVaranus lirungensis
- SpeciesVaranus louisiadensis
SpeciesVaranus mabitang
SpeciesVaranus macraei
SpeciesVaranus marmoratus
SpeciesVaranus melinus
SpeciesVaranus mertensi
SpeciesVaranus mitchelli
SpeciesVaranus nebulosus- SpeciesVaranus nesterovi
SpeciesNile MonitorVaranus niloticus
SpeciesVaranus nuchalis- SpeciesVaranus obor
- SpeciesVaranus ocreatus
SpeciesVaranus olivaceus- SpeciesVaranus orientalis
SpeciesVaranus palawanensis
SpeciesVaranus panoptes3 subspecies- SpeciesVaranus phosphoros
- SpeciesVaranus pilbarensis
SpeciesVaranus prasinus- SpeciesVaranus primordius
- SpeciesVaranus rainerguentheri
- SpeciesVaranus rasmusseni
SpeciesVaranus reisingeri
SpeciesVaranus rosenbergi
SpeciesVaranus rudicollis
SpeciesVaranus salvadorii
SpeciesAsian Water MonitorVaranus salvator6 subspecies- SpeciesVaranus samarensis
SpeciesVaranus scalaris- SpeciesVaranus semiremex
SpeciesVaranus semotus- SpeciesVaranus similis
- SpeciesVaranus sparnus
SpeciesVaranus spenceri
SpeciesVaranus spinulosus
SpeciesVaranus storri- SpeciesVaranus tanimbar
- SpeciesVaranus telenesetes
SpeciesVaranus timorensis3 subspecies
SpeciesVaranus togianus
SpeciesVaranus tristis2 subspecies
SpeciesVaranus tsukamotoi- SpeciesVaranus umbra
SpeciesLace MonitorVaranus varius- SpeciesVaranus yemenensis
- SpeciesVaranus yuwonoi
SpeciesVaranus zugorum
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Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.