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Varanus griseus (Desert monitor)
Genus species:
   Varanus griseus
Common name:
   Monitor lizard
Genus:
   Varanus
Family:
   Varanidae
Suborder:
   Autarchoglossa
Varanus griseus (Desert monitor)
Genus species:
   Varanus griseus
Common name:
   Monitor lizard
Genus:
   Varanus
Family:
   Varanidae
Suborder:
   Autarchoglossa
Varanus griseus (Desert monitor)
Genus species:
   Varanus griseus
Common name:
   Monitor lizard
Genus:
   Varanus
Family:
   Varanidae
Suborder:
   Autarchoglossa

Family-Animalia: Varanidae

The Varanidae are a family of lizards in the superfamily Varanoidea. The family, a group of carnivorous and frugivorous lizards, includes the living genus Varanus, the extinct Megalania (the largest known land-dwelling lizard), and a number of other extinct taxa. Varanus includes the Komodo dragon (the largest living lizard), crocodile monitor, savannah monitor, the goannas of Australia and Southeast Asia, and various other species with a similarly distinctive appearance. Their closest living relatives are the anguid and helodermatid lizards.


Reference: Wikipedia

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