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Varanus Merrem, 1820

1313409  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1313409)

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  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Tetrapoda (Superclass)
  6. Reptilia (Class)
  7. Squamata (Order)
  8. Varanidae (Family)
  9. Varanus (Genus)
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  1. Species Varanus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885
  2. Species Varanus albigularis Daudin, 1802
  3. Species Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland, 1999
  4. Species Varanus baritji King & Horner, 1987
  5. Species Varanus beccarii Doria, 1874
  6. Species Varanus bengalensis Daudin, 1758
  7. Species Varanus boehmei Jacobs, 2003
  8. Species Varanus bogerti Mertens, 1950
  9. Species Varanus brevicauda Boulenger, 1898
  10. Species Varanus brevicaudata Boulenger, 1898
  11. Species Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp, 1999
  12. Species Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger, 1885
  13. Species Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler, 1999
  14. Species Varanus doreanus Meyer, 1874
  15. Species Varanus dumerili Bleeker, 1858
  16. Species Varanus dumerilii Schlegel, 1839
  17. Species Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost, 1895
  18. Species Varanus exanthematicus Bosc, 1792
  19. Species Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler, 1994
  20. Species Varanus flavescens Hardwicke & Gray, 1827
  21. Species Varanus giganteus Gray, 1845
  22. Species Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost, 1895
  23. Species Varanus glauerti Mertens, 1957
  24. Species Varanus glebopalma Mitchell, 1955
  25. Species Varanus gouldii
  26. Species Varanus griseus Daudin, 1803
  27. Species Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802)
  28. Species Varanus jobiensis Ahl, 1932
  29. Species Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler, 2002
  30. Species Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington, 1985
  31. Species Varanus kingorum Storr, 1980
  32. Species Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912
  33. Species Varanus kordensis Meyer, 1874
  34. Species Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio, 2001
  35. Species Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs, 2001
  36. Species Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler, 1997
  37. Species Varanus mertensi Glauert, 1951
  38. Species Varanus mitchelli Mertens, 1958
  39. Species Varanus nebulosus Gray, 1831
  40. Species Varanus niloticus Linnaeus, 1758
  41. Species Varanus olivaceus Hallowell, 1857
  42. Species Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980
  43. Species Varanus pilbarensis Storr, 1980
  44. Species Varanus prasinus Schlegel, 1839
  45. Species Varanus primordius Mertens, 1942
  46. Species Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker, 2005
  47. Species Varanus rosenbergi Mertens, 1957
  48. Species Varanus rudicollis Gray, 1845
  49. Species Varanus salvadorii Peters & Doria, 1878
  50. Species Varanus salvator Laurenti, 1768
  51. Species Varanus scalaris Mertens, 1941
  52. Species Varanus semiremex Peters, 1869
  53. Species Varanus similis Mertens, 1958
  54. Species Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost, 1903
  55. Species Varanus spinulosus Mertens, 1941
  56. Species Varanus storri Mertens, 1966
  57. Species Varanus telenesetes Sprackland, 1991
  58. Species Varanus timorensis Gray, 1831
  59. Species Varanus tristis Schlegel, 1839
  60. Species Varanus varius White, 1790
  61. Species Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti, 1989
  62. Species Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker, 1998
  63. Species Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler, 2005
  64. Species Varanus albogularis Duméril & Bibron, 1836 accepted as Varanus albigularis Daudin, 1802
  65. Species Varanus arenarius Duméril & Bibron, 1836 accepted as Varanus griseus Daudin, 1803
  66. Species Varanus bellii Duméril & Bibron, 1836 accepted as Varanus varius White, 1790
  67. Species Varanus bibronii Blyth, 1842 accepted as Varanus bengalensis Daudin, 1758
  68. Species Varanus bivittatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836 accepted as Varanus salvator Laurenti, 1768
  69. Species Varanus boulengeri Kinghorn, 1923 accepted as Varanus semiremex Peters, 1869
  70. Species Varanus bulliwallah Worrell, 1956 accepted as Varanus mertensi Glauert, 1951
  71. Species Varanus caspius Gray, 1845 accepted as Varanus griseus Daudin, 1803
  72. Species Varanus chlorostigma Duméril & Bibron, 1836 accepted as Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802)
  73. Species Varanus crocodilinus Owen, 1845 accepted as Varanus salvator Laurenti, 1768
  74. Species Varanus cumingi Martin, 1839 accepted as Varanus salvator Laurenti, 1768
  75. Species Varanus cumingii Boulenger, 1885 accepted as Varanus salvator Laurenti, 1768
  76. Species Varanus dumerilii Ziegler & Böhme, 1997 accepted as Varanus dumerili Bleeker, 1858
  77. Species Varanus dumerilii Boulenger, 1885 accepted as Varanus dumerili Bleeker, 1858
  78. Species Varanus gilli A. Smith, 1831 accepted as Varanus albigularis Daudin, 1802
  79. Species Varanus gouldi de Rooij, 1915 accepted as Varanus gouldii
  80. Species Varanus grayi Mertens, 1962 accepted as Varanus olivaceus Hallowell, 1857
  81. Species Varanus grayi Boulenger, 1885 accepted as Varanus olivaceus Hallowell, 1857
  82. Species Varanus guttatus Merrem, 1820 accepted as Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802)
  83. Species Varanus heteropholis Boulenger, 1892 accepted as Varanus dumerili Bleeker, 1858
  84. Species Varanus indicus McCoy, 1980 accepted as Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler, 2002
  85. Species Varanus ingrami Boulenger, 1906 accepted as Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost, 1903
  86. Species Varanus irrawadicus Yang & Li, 1987 accepted as Varanus bengalensis Daudin, 1758
  87. Species Varanus kalabeck Peters & Doria, 1878 accepted as Varanus doreanus Meyer, 1874
  88. Species Varanus karlschmidti Mertens, 1951 accepted as Varanus jobiensis Ahl, 1932
  89. Species Varanus kordensis Boulenger, 1885 accepted as Varanus prasinus Schlegel, 1839
  90. Species Varanus laudolineatus Frost, 1901 accepted as Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger, 1885
  91. Species Varanus leucostigma Hediger, 1934 accepted as Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802)
  92. Species Varanus macrolepis Blanford, 1881 accepted as Varanus dumerili Bleeker, 1858
  93. Species Varanus manilensis Mertens, 1876 accepted as Varanus salvator Laurenti, 1768
  94. Species Varanus microstictus Boettger, 1893 accepted as Varanus albigularis Daudin, 1802
  95. Species Varanus mustelinus Borre, 1870 accepted as Varanus varius White, 1790
  96. Species Varanus nuchalis Boulenger, 1885 accepted as Varanus salvator Laurenti, 1768
  97. Species Varanus occidentalis Zinniker, 1961 accepted as Varanus tristis Schlegel, 1839
  98. Species Varanus ocellatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836 accepted as Varanus exanthematicus Bosc, 1792
  99. Species Varanus ornatus Carlleyle, 1869 accepted as Varanus griseus Daudin, 1803
  100. Species Varanus ornatus Gray, 1845 accepted as Varanus olivaceus Hallowell, 1857
  101. Species Varanus picquotii Duméril & Bibron, 1836 accepted as Varanus flavescens Hardwicke & Gray, 1827
  102. Species Varanus prasinus Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington, 1985
  103. Species Varanus prasinus Czechura, 1980 accepted as Varanus telenesetes Sprackland, 1991
  104. Species Varanus punctatus Merrem, 1820 accepted as Varanus bengalensis Daudin, 1758
  105. Species Varanus punctatus Boulenger, 1885 accepted as Varanus tristis Schlegel, 1839
  106. Species Varanus russelii Heyden, 1830 accepted as Varanus flavescens Hardwicke & Gray, 1827
  107. Species Varanus scincus Merrem, 1820 accepted as Varanus griseus Daudin, 1803
  108. Species Varanus scutigerulus Barbour, 1932 accepted as Varanus salvator Laurenti, 1768
  109. Species Varanus swarti Mangili, 1962 accepted as Varanus rudicollis Gray, 1845
  110. Species Varanus taraguira Merrem, 1820 accepted as Varanus bengalensis Daudin, 1758
  111. Species Varanus telenestes Sprackland, 1991 accepted as Varanus telenesetes Sprackland, 1991
  112. Species Varanus teriae Sprackland, 1991 accepted as Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington, 1985
  113. Species Varanus terrestris Schinz, 1834 accepted as Varanus griseus Daudin, 1803
  114. Species Varanus timerensis Martens, 1876 accepted as Varanus timorensis Gray, 1831
  115. Species Varanus timorensis Cogger, 1983 accepted as Varanus scalaris Mertens, 1941
  116. Species Varanus timoriensis Duméril & Bibron, 1836 accepted as Varanus timorensis Gray, 1831
  117. Species Varanus togianus Boulenger, 1885 accepted as Varanus salvator Laurenti, 1768
  118. Species Varanus tsukamotoi Kishida, 1929 accepted as Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802)
  119. Species Varanus various Berney, 1936 accepted as Varanus varius White, 1790
  120. Species Varanus vietnamensis Yang & Liu, 1994 accepted as Varanus bengalensis Daudin, 1758
  121. Species Varanus vittatus Lesson, 1834 accepted as Varanus salvator Laurenti, 1768
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Tent. Syst. Amph., 13
page(s): 58 [details] 
IRMNG (2025). Varanus Merrem, 1820. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1313409 on 2025-09-11
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony

original description Tent. Syst. Amph., 13
page(s): 58 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Duellman, 1982 [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

current name source CoL 2006 [details] 

extant flag source SN2000/Duellman, 1982, PaleoDB [details] 

habitat flag source as per family [details] 

original description (of Worrellisaurus Wells & Wellington, 1983) Australian J. Herpet. 1 (3-4)
page(s): 84 [details] 

original description (of Agalmatosaurus Fitzinger, 1843) Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus: Amblyglossae. Vindobonae: Braumüller und Seidel. 106 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/23715
page(s): 19 [details] 

original description (of Euprepiosaurus Fitzinger, 1843) Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus: Amblyglossae. Vindobonae: Braumüller und Seidel. 106 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/23715
page(s): 19 [details] 

original description (of Pantherosaurus Fitzinger, 1843) Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus: Amblyglossae. Vindobonae: Braumüller und Seidel. 106 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/23715
page(s): 19 [details] 

original description (of Cylindrurus Fitzinger, 1843) Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus: Amblyglossae. Vindobonae: Braumüller und Seidel. 106 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/23715
page(s): 19 [details] 

original description (of Aquativaranus Hoser, 2013) Article title: Monitor lizards reclassified with some common sense (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). [details] 

original description (of Aquativaranus Hoser, 2013) Australasian Journal of Herpetology 21: -. [41-58] [details] 

original description (of Arborhabitatiosaurus Hoser, 2013) Article title: Monitor lizards reclassified with some common sense (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). [details] 

original description (of Arborhabitatiosaurus Hoser, 2013) Australasian Journal of Herpetology 21: -. [41-58] [details] 

original description (of Oxysaurus Hoser, 2013) Article title: Monitor lizards reclassified with some common sense (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). [details] 

original description (of Oxysaurus Hoser, 2013) Australasian Journal of Herpetology 21: -. [41-58] [details] 

original description (of Parvavaranus Hoser, 2013) Article title: Monitor lizards reclassified with some common sense (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). [details] 

original description (of Parvavaranus Hoser, 2013) Australasian Journal of Herpetology 21: -. [41-58] [details] 

original description (of Shireenhosersaurea Hoser, 2013) Article title: Monitor lizards reclassified with some common sense (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). [details] 

original description (of Shireenhosersaurea Hoser, 2013) Australasian Journal of Herpetology 21: -. [41-58] [details] 

original description (of Hapturosaurus Bucklitsch, Böhme & Koch, 2016) Bucklitsch, Y.; Böhme, W.; Koch, A. (2016). Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4153: 1-192., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4153.1.1 [details] 

original description (of Solomonsaurus Bucklitsch, Böhme & Koch, 2016) Bucklitsch, Y.; Böhme, W.; Koch, A. (2016). Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4153: 1-192., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4153.1.1 [details] 
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