r/MonitorLizard

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Monitor Lizards

r/MonitorLizard

A place to talk about all thing monitor lizard.

Created Aug 2, 2013 · restricted

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Species List

Varanus:	Common [monitor/goanna]:
acanthurus	Spiny-Tailed / Ridge Tail
albigularis	White-throated
auffenbergi	Peacock / blue Timor
baritji	WHITE's dwarf
beccarii	Black tree
bengalensis	Bengal
boehmei	Golden Speckled Tree
bogerti	Bogert's
brevicauda	Short-tailed
bushi
caeruliverens	Turquoise / Blue pinspot
caudolineatus	Stripe-tailed
cerambonensis	Ambon
doreanus	Blue-tailed
dumerilii	Dumeril's
dwyeri
eremius	Pygmy desert
exanthematicus	Bosc's
finschi	Finschi's
flavescens	Yellow / Short-toed monitor
giganteus	Perentie
gilleni	Gillen's / Mulga
glauerti	Glauert's
glebopalma	Twilight / Long tailed rock
gouldii	Gould's
griseus	Grey / Caspian / Indian desert
indicus	Mangrove
jobiensis	Sepik / Peach-throated
juxtindicus	Rennell island
keithhornei	Blue-nosed / Canopy
kingorum	King's
komodoensis	Komodo Dragon
kordensis
mabitang	Panay
macraei	Blue tree / Mac Rae's
melinus	Quince / Yellow
mertensi	Mertens'
mitchelli	Mitchell's
niloticus	Nile
olivaceus	Gray's
ornatus	Ornate
panoptes	Argus
pilbarensis	Pilbara
prasinus	Green tree / Emerald
primordius	Blunt-nosed
reisingeri	Yellow tree
rosenbergi	Rosenberg's
rudicollis	Rough-necked
salvadorii	Salvadori's / Crocodile
salvator	Water
scalaris	Banded tree
semiremex	Rusty
similis	Spotted tree goanna
spenceri	Spencer's goanna
spinulosus	Keeled Monitor Lizard
storri	Storr's goanna
telenesetes	Rossel island
timorensis	Timor
tristis	black-headed
varius	Lace
yemenensis	Yemen
yuwonoi	Tricolored
zugorum

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