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Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
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Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
Species recognized by
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Varanus acanthurus
Species recognized by
wikipedia 日本語
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,
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,
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,
Indian Ocean Species List
,
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,
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, and
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Varanus acanthurus
Recognized by
CalPhotos
Varanus acanthurus
Boulenger 1885
Species recognized by
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
,
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
, and
GBIF classification
Varanus acanthurus
Species recognized by
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wikipedia DE
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wikipedia ES
,
wikipedia IT
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,
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Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
Species recognized by
Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
,
iNaturalist
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, and
Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Alternative Names
Odatria ocellata Gray 1845
Invalid according to
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Odatria ocellata Gray 1845
Synonym according to
Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Varanus
Synonym according to
Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
Synonym according to
Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Varanus acanthurus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
Invalid according to
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Varanus acanthurus brachyurus Sternfeld 1919
Invalid according to
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Worrellisaurus acanthurus (Boulenger 1885)
Invalid according to
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Worrellisaurus brachyurus (Sternfeld 1919)
Invalid according to
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Common Names
English
ridge-tailed monitor
preferred
Recognized by
admin
spiny-tailed monitor
prefer
Recognized by
admin
Ridgetail monitor
prefer
Recognized by
Paleobiology Database
Goanna Monitor
prefer
Recognized by
CITES
Ridge-tailed Monitor
prefer
Recognized by
CITES
Spiny-tailed Pygmy Monitor
prefer
Recognized by
CITES
Bulgarian
иглоопашат варан
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
Czech
varan ostnoocasý
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
Dutch; Flemish
Stekelstaartvaraan
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
French
Varan à queue épineuse
preferred
Recognized by
CITES
German
Stachelschwanzwaran
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
Japanese
トゲオオオトカゲ
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
and
admin
Navajo; Navaho
Tiníléítsoh bitseeʼ dichʼízhí
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
Norwegian
dvergvaran
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
Persian
بزمجه دمبرآمده
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
Polish
Waran kolczastoogonowy
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
Russian
Кольцехвостый варан
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
Spanish; Castilian
Varano de cola crestada
preferred
Recognized by
CITES
Swedish
kölsvansvaran
prefer
Recognized by
CITES
Taggsvansvaran
preferred
Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
Arz
فارانوس اكانثوروس
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Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
Mrj
Имӓн пачан варан
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Recognized by
Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Anguimorpha
Varanidae
Varanus Merrem 1820
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
(this page)
Varanus acanthurus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
Varanus acanthurus brachyurus Sternfeld 1919
Varanus acanthurus insulanicus Mertens 1958
Varanus albigularis Daudin 1802
Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland 1999
Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus baritji King & Horner 1987
Varanus beccarii (Doria 1874)
Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802)
Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Ruya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & Brown 2010
Varanus boehmei Jacobs 2003
Varanus bogerti Mertens 1950
Varanus brevicauda Boulenger 1898
Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King 2006
Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp 1999
Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger 1885
Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler 1999
Varanus cumingi Martin 1839
Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus doreanus (Meyer 1874)
Varanus douarrha (Lesson 1830)
Varanus dumerilii Schlegel 1839
Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc 1792)
Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler 1994
Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray 1827)
Varanus giganteus (Gray 1845)
Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus glauerti Mertens 1957
Varanus glebopalma Mitchell 1955
Varanus gouldii Gray 1838
Varanus griseus (Daudin 1803)
Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver & Fitch
Varanus indicus (Daudin 1802)
Varanus jobiensis Ahl 1932
Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler 2002
Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington 1985
Varanus kingorum Storr 1980
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens 1912
Varanus kordensis (Meyer 1874)
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler 2009
Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio 2001
Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs 2001
Varanus marathonensis Weithofer 1888
Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann 1834)
Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler 1997
Varanus mertensi Glauert 1951
Varanus mitchelli Mertens 1958
Varanus mokrensis Ivanov et al. 2018
Varanus nebulosus (Gray 1831)
Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz 2015
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)
Varanus nuchalis (Günther 1872)
Varanus obor Weijola & Sweet 2010
Varanus olivaceus Hallowell 1857
Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus panoptes Storr 1980
Varanus pilbarensis Storr 1980
Varanus prasinus (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus primordius Mertens 1942
Varanus prisca (Owen 1859)
Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz 2007
Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker 2005
Varanus rosenbergi Mertens 1957
Varanus rudicollis (Gray 1845)
Varanus rusingensis Clos 1995
Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria 1878)
Varanus salvator (Laurenti 1768)
Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus scalaris Mertens 1941
Varanus semiremex Peters 1869
Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan & Lindqvist 2016
Varanus similis Mertens 1958
Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan 2014
Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost 1903
Varanus spinulosus Mertens 1941
Varanus storri Mertens 1966
Varanus telenesetes Sprackland 1991
Varanus timorensis Gray 1831
Varanus togianus (Peters 1872)
Varanus tristis Schlegel 1839
Varanus varius (White 1790)
Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti 1989
Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker 1998
Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler 2005
Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Squamata
Platynota
Varanidae
Varanus
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
(this page)
Varanus acanthurus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
Varanus acanthurus brachyurus Sternfeld 1919
Varanus acanthurus insulanicus Mertens 1958
Varanus albigularis Daudin 1802
Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland 1999
Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus baritji King & Horner 1987
Varanus beccarii (Doria 1874)
Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802)
Varanus bennetti Weijola, Vahtera, Koch, Schmitz & Kraus 2020
Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Ruya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & Brown 2010
Varanus boehmei Jacobs 2003
Varanus bogerti Mertens 1950
Varanus brevicauda Boulenger 1898
Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King 2006
Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp 1999
Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger 1885
Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler 1999
Varanus colei Böhme, Jacobs, Koppetsch & Schmitz 2019
Varanus cumingi Martin 1839
Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus doreanus (Meyer 1874)
Varanus douarrha (Lesson 1830)
Varanus dumerilii Schlegel 1839
Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc 1792)
Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler 1994
Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray 1827)
Varanus giganteus (Gray 1845)
Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus glauerti Mertens 1957
Varanus glebopalma Mitchell 1955
Varanus gouldii (Gray 1838)
Varanus griseus (Daudin 1803)
Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver, Fitch & O'Connell 2014
Varanus indicus (Daudin 1802)
Varanus jobiensis Ahl 1932
Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler 2002
Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington 1985
Varanus kingorum Storr 1980
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens 1912
Varanus kordensis (Meyer 1874)
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler 2009
Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio 2001
Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs 2001
Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann 1834)
Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler 1997
Varanus mertensi Glauert 1951
Varanus mitchelli Mertens 1958
Varanus nebulosus (Gray 1831)
Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz 2015
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)
Varanus nuchalis (Günther 1872)
Varanus obor Weijola & Sweet 2010
Varanus olivaceus Hallowell 1857
Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus panoptes Storr 1980
Varanus pilbarensis Storr 1980
Varanus prasinus (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus primordius Mertens 1942
Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz 2007
Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker 2005
Varanus rosenbergi Mertens 1957
Varanus rudicollis (Gray 1845)
Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria 1878)
Varanus salvator (Laurenti 1768)
Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus scalaris Mertens 1941
Varanus semiremex Peters 1869
Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan & Lindqvist 2016
Varanus similis Mertens 1958
Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan 2014
Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost 1903
Varanus spinulosus Mertens 1941
Varanus storri Mertens 1966
Varanus telenesetes Sprackland 1991
Varanus timorensis (Gray 1831)
Varanus togianus (Peters 1872)
Varanus tristis Schlegel 1839
Varanus tsukamotoi (Kishida 1929)
Varanus varius (Shaw 1790)
Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti 1989
Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker 1998
Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler 2005
Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Anguimorpha
Varanidae
Varanus Merrem 1820
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
(this page)
Varanus acanthurus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
Varanus acanthurus brachyurus Sternfeld 1919
Varanus acanthurus insulanicus Mertens 1958
Varanus albigularis Daudin 1802
Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland 1999
Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus baritji King & Horner 1987
Varanus beccarii (Doria 1874)
Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802)
Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Ruya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & Brown 2010
Varanus boehmei Jacobs 2003
Varanus bogerti Mertens 1950
Varanus brevicauda Boulenger 1898
Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King 2006
Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp 1999
Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger 1885
Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler 1999
Varanus cumingi Martin 1839
Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus doreanus (Meyer 1874)
Varanus douarrha (Lesson 1830)
Varanus dumerilii Schlegel 1839
Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc 1792)
Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler 1994
Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray 1827)
Varanus giganteus (Gray 1845)
Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus glauerti Mertens 1957
Varanus glebopalma Mitchell 1955
Varanus gouldii Gray 1838
Varanus griseus (Daudin 1803)
Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver & Fitch
Varanus indicus (Daudin 1802)
Varanus jobiensis Ahl 1932
Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler 2002
Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington 1985
Varanus kingorum Storr 1980
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens 1912
Varanus kordensis (Meyer 1874)
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler 2009
Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio 2001
Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs 2001
Varanus marathonensis Weithofer 1888
Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann 1834)
Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler 1997
Varanus mertensi Glauert 1951
Varanus mitchelli Mertens 1958
Varanus mokrensis Ivanov et al. 2018
Varanus nebulosus (Gray 1831)
Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz 2015
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)
Varanus nuchalis (Günther 1872)
Varanus obor Weijola & Sweet 2010
Varanus olivaceus Hallowell 1857
Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus panoptes Storr 1980
Varanus pilbarensis Storr 1980
Varanus prasinus (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus primordius Mertens 1942
Varanus prisca (Owen 1859)
Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz 2007
Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker 2005
Varanus rosenbergi Mertens 1957
Varanus rudicollis (Gray 1845)
Varanus rusingensis Clos 1995
Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria 1878)
Varanus salvator (Laurenti 1768)
Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus scalaris Mertens 1941
Varanus semiremex Peters 1869
Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan & Lindqvist 2016
Varanus similis Mertens 1958
Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan 2014
Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost 1903
Varanus spinulosus Mertens 1941
Varanus storri Mertens 1966
Varanus telenesetes Sprackland 1991
Varanus timorensis Gray 1831
Varanus togianus (Peters 1872)
Varanus tristis Schlegel 1839
Varanus varius (White 1790)
Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti 1989
Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker 1998
Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler 2005
EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Anguimorpha
Varanidae
Varanus
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
(this page)
Varanus acanthurus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
Varanus acanthurus brachyurus Sternfeld 1919
Varanus acanthurus insulanicus Mertens 1958
Varanus albigularis Daudin 1802
Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland 1999
Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus baritji King & Horner 1987
Varanus beccarii (Doria 1874)
Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802)
Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Ruya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & Brown 2010
Varanus boehmei Jacobs 2003
Varanus bogerti Mertens 1950
Varanus brevicaudus Boulenger 1898
Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King 2006
Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp 1999
Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger 1885
Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler 1999
Varanus cumingi Martin 1839
Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus doreanus (Meyer 1874)
Varanus dumerilii Schlegel 1839
Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc 1792)
Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler 1994
Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray 1827)
Varanus giganteus (Gray 1845)
Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus glauerti Mertens 1957
Varanus glebopalma Mitchell 1955
Varanus gouldii Gray 1838
Varanus griseus (Daudin 1803)
Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver & Fitch
Varanus indicus (Daudin 1802)
Varanus jobiensis Ahl 1932
Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler 2002
Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington 1985
Varanus kingorum Storr 1980
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens 1912
Varanus kordensis (Meyer 1874)
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler 2009
Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio 2001
Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs 2001
Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann 1834)
Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler 1997
Varanus mertensi Glauert 1951
Varanus mitchelli Mertens 1958
Varanus nebulosus (Gray 1831)
Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz 2015
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)
Varanus nuchalis (Günther 1872)
Varanus obor Weijola & Sweet 2010
Varanus olivaceus Hallowell 1857
Varanus ornatus (Daudin 1803)
Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus panoptes Storr 1980
Varanus pilbarensis Storr 1980
Varanus prasinus (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus primordius Mertens 1942
Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz 2007
Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker 2005
Varanus rosenbergi Mertens 1957
Varanus rudicollis (Gray 1845)
Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria 1878)
Varanus salvator (Laurenti 1768)
Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus scalaris Mertens 1941
Varanus semiremex Peters 1869
Varanus similis Mertens 1958
Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan 2014
Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost 1903
Varanus spinulosus Mertens 1941
Varanus storri Mertens 1966
Varanus telenesetes Sprackland 1991
Varanus timorensis Gray 1831
Varanus togianus (Peters 1872)
Varanus tristis Schlegel 1839
Varanus varius (White 1790)
Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti 1989
Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker 1998
Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler 2005
GBIF classification
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Varanidae
Varanus Merrem 1820
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
(this page)
Varanus acanthurus acanthurus
Varanus acanthurus brachyurus Sternfeld 1919
Varanus acanthurus insulanicus Mertens 1958
Megalania prisca (Owen 1859)
Varanus albigularis Daudin 1802
Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland 1999
Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus baritji King & Horner 1987
Varanus beccarii (Doria 1874)
Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802)
Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Ruya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & Brown 2010
Varanus boehmei Jacobs 2003
Varanus bogerti Mertens 1950
Varanus brevicaudus Boulenger 1898
Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King 2006
Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp 1999
Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger 1885
Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler 1999
Varanus cumingi Martin 1839
Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus doreanus (Meyer 1874)
Varanus dumerilii Schlegel 1839
Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc 1792)
Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler 1994
Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray 1827)
Varanus giganteus (Gray 1845)
Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus glauerti Mertens 1957
Varanus glebopalma Mitchell 1955
Varanus gouldii Gray 1838
Varanus griseus (Daudin 1803)
Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver & Fitch
Varanus hoffmanni Roger 1898
Varanus indicus (Daudin 1802)
Varanus jobiensis Ahl 1932
Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler 2002
Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington 1985
Varanus kingorum Storr 1980
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens 1912
Varanus kordensis (Meyer 1874)
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler 2009
Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio 2001
Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs 2001
Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann 1834)
Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler 1997
Varanus mertensi Glauert 1951
Varanus mitchelli Mertens 1958
Varanus nebulosus (Gray 1831)
Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz 2015
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)
Varanus nuchalis (Günther 1872)
Varanus obor Weijola & Sweet 2010
Varanus olivaceus Hallowell 1857
Varanus ornatus (Daudin 1803)
Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus panoptes Storr 1980
Varanus pilbarensis Storr 1980
Varanus primordius Mertens 1942
Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz 2007
Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker 2005
Varanus rosenbergi Mertens 1957
Varanus rudicollis (Gray 1845)
Varanus rusingensis Clos 1995
Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria 1878)
Varanus salvator (Laurenti 1768)
Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus scalaris Mertens 1941
Varanus semiremex Peters 1869
Varanus similis Mertens 1958
Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan 2014
Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost 1903
Varanus spinulosus Mertens 1941
Varanus storri Mertens 1966
Varanus telenesetes Sprackland 1991
Varanus timorensis Gray 1831
Varanus togianus (Peters 1872)
Varanus tristis Schlegel 1839
Varanus varius (White 1790)
Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti 1989
Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker 1998
Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler 2005
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Squamata Oppel 1811
Autarchoglossa
Varanidae
Varanus Merrem 1820
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
(this page)
Varanus albigularis (Daudin 1802)
Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland 1999
Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus beccarii (Doria 1874)
Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802)
Varanus bennetti Weijola, Vahtera, Koch, Schmitz & Kraus 2020
Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Duya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & R. M. Brown 2010
Varanus boehmei Jacobs 2003
Varanus bogerti Mertens 1950
Varanus brevicauda Boulenger 1898
Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King 2006
Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp 1999
Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger 1885
Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler 1999
Varanus citrinus Pavón-Vázquez, Esquerré, Fitch, Maryan, Doughty, Donnellan & Keogh 2022
Varanus colei Böhme, Jacobs, Koppetsch & Schmitz 2019
Varanus cumingi Martin 1839
Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus doreanus (Meyer 1874)
Varanus douarrha (Lesson 1830)
Varanus dumerilii (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc 1792)
Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler 1994
Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray 1827)
Varanus giganteus (Gray 1845)
Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus glauerti Mertens 1957
Varanus glebopalma Mitchell 1955
Varanus gouldii (Gray 1838)
Varanus griseus (Daudin 1803)
Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver, Fitch & O'Connell 2014
Varanus indicus (Daudin 1802)
Varanus insulanicus Mertens 1958
Varanus jobiensis Ahl 1932
Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler 2002
Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington 1985
Varanus kingorum Storr 1980
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens 1912
Varanus kordensis (Meyer 1874)
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler 2009
Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio 2001
Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs 2001
Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann 1834)
Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler 1997
Varanus mertensi Glauert 1951
Varanus mitchelli Mertens 1958
Varanus nebulosus (Gray 1831)
Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz 2015
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)
Varanus nuchalis (Günther 1872)
Varanus obor Weijola & Sweet 2010
Varanus ocreatus Storr 1980
Varanus olivaceus Hallowell 1857
Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus panoptes Storr 1980
Varanus pilbarensis Storr 1980
Varanus prasinus (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus primordius Mertens 1942
Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz 2007
Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker 2005
Varanus rosenbergi Mertens 1957
Varanus rudicollis Gray 1845
Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria 1878)
Varanus salvator (Laurenti 1768)
Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus scalaris Mertens 1941
Varanus semiremex Peters 1869
Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016
Varanus similis Mertens 1958
Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan 2014
Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost 1903
Varanus spinulosus Mertens 1941
Varanus storri Mertens 1966
Varanus telenesetes Sprackland 1991
Varanus timorensis (Gray 1831)
Varanus togianus (Peters 1872)
Varanus tristis (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus tsukamotoi Kishida 1929
Varanus varius (Shaw ex White 1790)
Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti 1989
Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker 1998
Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler 2005
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Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Bifurcata
Unidentata
Episquamata
Toxicofera
Anguimorpha
Paleoanguimorpha
Varanoidea
Varanidae
Varanus
Varanus acanthurus
(this page)
unclassified Varanus
Varanus albigularis
Varanus bangonorum
Varanus baritji
Varanus beccarii
Varanus bengalensis
Varanus bitatawa
Varanus boehmei
Varanus bogerti
Varanus brevicauda
Varanus bushi
Varanus caerulivirens
Varanus caudolineatus
Varanus cerambonensis
Varanus cumingi
Varanus doreanus
Varanus douarrha
Varanus dumerilii
Varanus eremius
Varanus exanthematicus
Varanus finschi
Varanus flavescens
Varanus giganteus
Varanus gilleni
Varanus glauerti
Varanus glebopalma
Varanus gouldii
Varanus griseus
Varanus indicus
Varanus jobiensis
Varanus keithhornei
Varanus kingorum
Varanus komodoensis
Varanus kordensis
Varanus macraei
Varanus marmoratus
Varanus melinus
Varanus mertensi
Varanus mitchelli
Varanus nebulosus
Varanus niloticus
Varanus nuchalis
Varanus olivaceus
Varanus palawanensis
Varanus panoptes
Varanus pilbarensis
Varanus prasinus
Varanus primordius
Varanus rainerguentheri
Varanus reisingeri
Varanus rosenbergi
Varanus rudicollis
Varanus salvadorii
Varanus salvator
Varanus scalaris
Varanus semiremex
Varanus semotus
Varanus sparnus
Varanus spenceri
Varanus storri
Varanus timorensis
Varanus togianus
Varanus tristis
Varanus varius
Varanus yemenensis
Varanus yuwonoi
wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Eureptilia
Romeriida
Diapsida
Neodiapsida
Sauria
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Episquamata
Toxicofera
Anguimorpha
Varanidae
Varanus
Varanus acanthurus
(this page)
Varanus acanthurus acanthurus
Varanus acanthurus brachyurus
Varanus acanthurus insulanicus
Empagusia
Euprepiosaurus
Hapturosaurus
Odatria
Papusaurus
Philippinosaurus
Polydaedalus
Psammosaurus
Solomonsaurus
Soterosaurus
Varanus
Varanus albigularis
Varanus auffenbergi
Varanus bangonorum
Varanus baritji
Varanus beccarii
Varanus bengalensis
Varanus bennetti
Varanus bitatawa
Varanus boehmei
Varanus bogerti
Varanus bolkayi
Varanus brevicauda
Varanus bushi
Varanus caerulivirens
Varanus caudolineatus
Varanus cerambonensis
Varanus cumingi
Varanus dalubhasa
Varanus darevskii
Varanus doreanus
Varanus douarrha
Varanus dumerilii
Varanus emeritus
Varanus eremius
Varanus exanthematicus
Varanus finschi
Varanus flavescens
Varanus giganteus
Varanus gilleni
Varanus glauerti
Varanus glebopalma
Varanus gouldii
Varanus griseus
Varanus hamersleyensis
Varanus hofmanni
Varanus hooijeri
Varanus indicus
Varanus jobiensis
Varanus juxtindicus
Varanus keithhornei
Varanus kingorum
Varanus komodoensis
Varanus kordensis
Varanus lirungensis
Varanus lungui
Varanus mabitang
Varanus macraei
Varanus marathonensis
Varanus marmoratus
Varanus melinus
Varanus mertensi
Varanus mitchelli
Varanus nebulosus
Varanus nesterovi
Varanus niloticus
Varanus nuchalis
Varanus obor
Varanus olivaceus
Varanus ornatus
Varanus palawanensis
Varanus panoptes
Varanus pilbarensis
Varanus prasinus
Varanus primordius
Varanus pronini
Varanus rainerguentheri
Varanus rasmusseni
Varanus reisingeri
Varanus rosenbergi
Varanus rudicollis
Varanus salvadorii
Varanus salvator
Varanus samarensis
Varanus scalaris
Varanus semiremex
Varanus semjonovi
Varanus similis
Varanus sivalensis
Varanus stellatus
Varanus storri
Varanus telenesetes
Varanus togianus
Varanus tristis
Varanus tyrasiensis
Varanus varius
Varanus vittatus
Varanus yemenensis
Varanus yuwonoi
Varanus zugorum
One additional sibling truncated for brevity.
See the
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for a full list.
