REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF THE WORLD - MONITOR LIZARDS

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A LISTING OF MONITORS OF THE WORLD
Distribution Key
ORDER: SQUAMATA (LIZARDS AND SNAKES)
SUBORDER: SAURIA (LIZARDS)
Family: Varanidae (Monitors)

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COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK)	SCIENTIFIC NAME (EXTERNAL LINK)	DISTRIBUTION
Borneo Earless Monitor	Lanthanotus borneensis	Borneo
Ridge-tailed Monitor	*Varanus acanthurus*	AUSTRALIA (WA, NT, Qld )
White-throated Monitor	*Varanus albigularis albigularis*	AFRICA
Angolan White-throated Rock Monitor	*Varanus albigularis angolensis*	AFRICA
Black-throated Rock Monitor (Status uncertain)	*Varanus albigularis ionides* (Status uncertain)	AFRICA
Tanzanian White-throated Rock Monitor	*Varanus albigularis microstictus*	AFRICA
Peacock monitor / Blue Timor Monitor	*Varanus auffenbergi*	Indonesia - Roti Island
Bangon Monitor	*Varanus bangonorum*	Philippines - Mindoro
*Black Tree Monitor or Beccari's Monitor	*Varanus beccarii*	Indonesia - Aru Islands
Bengal Monitor or Indian Monitor	*Varanus bengalensis*	Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma
Bennett’s long-tailed monitor	Varanus bennetti	Palau archipelago (Koror, Ngeaur and Ngcheangel islands, Ngeriungs and Babeldaob), Federated States of Micronesia (FSM: Yap and Losiep islands), Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI: Sarigan Island)
Bitatawa Monitor	Varanus bitatawa	Philippine Islands
Golden Speckled/Spotted Tree monitor	*Varanus boehmei*	Indonesia - Waigeo Island
Bogert's Black Tree Monitor	*Varanus bogerti*	D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Northeast of New Guinea)
Short-Tailed Pygmy Monitor	*Varanus brevicauda*	AUSTRALIA (NT, Qld, SA, WA)
Pilbara Pygmy Monitor	*Varanus bushi*	AUSTRALIA ( WA )
Turquoise / Blue Pin-spot Monitor	*Varanus caerulivirens*	Indonesia - Halmahera Islands
Caspian Monitor	*Varanus caspius*	Iran
Line-Tailed Pygmy Monitor	*Varanus caudolineatus*	AUSTRALIA (WA)
*Australasian Mangrove Monitor	Varanus chlorostigma (previously called Varanus indicus)	Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland) Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Wardo, Srui, Waigeo), Papua New Guinea, New Britain, D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago
Black Spotted Ridge-tailed Monitor or Lemon-throated Monitor	Varanus citrinus	NT
Malukan Mangrove Monitor	Varanus colei	Indonesia (Maluku: Kei Kecil Island)
Yellow Headed or Philippine Water Monitor	Varanus cumingi	Philippines Islands - Mindanao, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Cebu, and Basilan
Enteng’s Monitor	Varanus dalubhasa	(Luzon Island) Philippines
Blue Tailed Monitor	Varanus doreanus	QLD (North-western Cape York), New Guinea, and the Aru, Biak, Salawati, Waigeo and Karkar Islands.
New Ireland Monitor	Varanus douarrha	Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
Dumeril's Monitor	*Varanus dumerilii*	Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
Rusty Desert Monitor	*Varanus eremius*	AUSTRALIA (NT, Qld, SA, WA)
Savannah (or Bosc's) Monitor	*Varanus exanthematicus*	Africa
Finschi's Monitor	*Varanus finschi*	New Guinea, New Ireland,
Yellow Monitor, Golden Monitor or Short-toed Monitor	*Varanus flavescens*	Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan
Perentie	*Varanus giganteus*	AUSTRALIA (NT, Qld, SA, WA)
Pygmy Mulga Monitor	*Varanus gilleni*	AUSTRALIA (NT, Qld, SA, WA)
Kimberley Rock Monitor	*Varanus glauerti*	AUSTRALIA ( NT,WA )
Long-Tailed Rock (Black-palmed) Monitor	*Varanus glebopalma*	AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld,WA )
Sand Monitor	*Varanus gouldii gouldii*	AUSTRALIA ( WA, SA, NT, QLD, NSW, Vic )
Centralian Sand Monitor	*Varanus gouldii flavirufus*	AUSTRALIA ( WA SA NT )
Grey / Caspian / Indian Desert Monitor	*Varanus griseus*	Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Turkey, Asia, Pakistan, India
Southern Pilbara Rock Monitor	Varanus hamersleyensis (split from Varanus pilbarensis)	AUSTRALIA (WA -Hamersley Range)
Indonesian Mangrove Monitor	Varanus indicus	Indonesia (Ambon, Seram, Buru, Saparua, Haruku and Banda islands)
Island Ridge-Tailed Monitor	Varanus insulanicus (includes Monitors previously called Varanus acanthurus insulanicus and Varanus barijti	NT: Groote Eylandt and Marchinbar islands, Gulf of Carpentaria
Sepik monitor / Peach-throated Monitor	*Varanus jobiensis*	New Guinea
Rennell Island Monitor	*Varanus juxtindicus*	Rennell Island, (Solomon Islands Archipelago)
Canopy Goanna	*Varanus keithhornei*	AUSTRALIA ( Qld )
Pygmy Rock Monitor	*Varanus kingorum*	AUSTRALIA ( NT,WA )
Komodo Dragon	*Varanus komodoensis*	Indonesian Islands of Komodo, Rintja, Gilli Montang, and Flores. (may now be extinct on Pandar Island)
Biak Tree Monitor	*Varanus kordensis*	Indonesia (Biak Island)
Lirung Monitor	*Varanus lirungensis*	Indonesia - Talaud Islands
Louisiade Monitor	*Varanus louisiadensis*	Papua New Guinea
Panay Monitor	*Varanus mabitang*	Panay Island, Philippines
Blue Spotted tree or Mac Rae's Monitor	*Varanus macraei*	Indonesia - Batanta Island
Marbled Water Monitor	Varanus marmoratus	Philippines
Quince Monitor	*Varanus melinus*	Sula Islands (Maluku Islands) Indonesia
Mertens' Water Monitor	*Varanus mertensi*	AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld,WA )
Mitchell's Water Monitor	*Varanus mitchelli*	AUSTRALIA ( NT,WA )
Clouded Monitor	Varanus nebulosus (was bengalensis nebulosus)	Burma, Thailand,Vietnam, Malayan Peninsula, Indonesia - Java
Nesterov’s Desert Monitor	*Varanus nesterovi split from V. griseus caspius)*	Iraq - Iran (border area)
Nile Monitor	*Varanus niloticus*	Africa
Large-scaled Water Monitor or Spiny-neck Water Monitor	*Varanus nuchalis (was Varanus salvator nuchalis)*	Philippines (Islands of Cebu , Ticao , Negros Panay, and Masbate)
Sago or Torch Monitor	*Varanus obor*	Sanana Island - Indonesia
Western Storr's Monitor	Varanus ocreatus (previously known as Varanus storri ocreatus)	NT, Qld, WA
Gray's Monitor	*Varanus olivaceus*	Philippines - Luzon and Catanduanes Island
Palawan Water Monitor	Varanus palawanensis (split from V. marmoratus)	Philippines - Palawan Island
*Argus Monitor	*Varanus panoptes horni* (or Varanus panoptes panoptes) Status uncertain	New Guinea
Desert Spotted Monitor	*Varanus panoptes rubidus*	AUSTRALIA ( WA )
Northern Yellow-Spotted Monitor	*Varanus panoptes panoptes*	AUSTRALIA (NT,Qld,WA )
Northern Pilbara Rock Monitor	Varanus pilbarensis	AUSTRALIA (WA - Northern Pilbara)
Green Tree Monitor, Emerald monitor or Wyniss	*Varanus prasinus*	New Guinea & Torres Strait Islands (Qld. Australia)
Northern Blunt-Spined Monitor	*Varanus primordius*	AUSTRALIA ( NT )
Günther's Mangrove Monitor	*Varanus rainerguentheri*	Indonesia - Halmahera Island
Sulu Water Monitor	Varanus rasmusseni (split from marmoratus)	Philippines - Sulu archipelago
Yellow Tree Monitor	*Varanus reisingeri*	Indonesia - Misol Island
Rosenberg's Heath Monitor	*Varanus rosenbergi*	AUSTRALIA (NSW,SA,Vic,WA)
Black Roughneck Monitor	*Varanus rudicollis*	Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
Crocodile Monitor	*Varanus salvadorii*	New Guinea
Sri Lanka Water Monitor	*Varanus salvator salvator*	Sri Lanka
Andaman Islands Water Monitor	*Varanus salvator andamanensis*	Andaman Islands
Two Striped Water Monitor	*Varanus salvator bivittatus*	INDONESIA:- Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Ombai, Komodo, Wetar and neighbouring islands
Southeast Asian Water Monitor and Black Water Monitor	Varanus salvator macromaculatus (includes lizards previously called Varanus salvator komaini)	Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
Ziegler's Water Monitor	*Varanus salvator ziegleri*	Indonesia; Kali Telaga, Obi Island, Maluku Province, Central Indonesia.
Samar water monitor	**Varanus samarensis (was Varanus cumingi samarensis)**	Samar, Leyte, & Bohol Islands (Philippines)
*Spotted Tree Monitor (see Varanus similis)*	Varanus scalaris (split from V. timorensis)	AUSTRALIA (Qld,WA,NT?)
Rusty Monitor	*Varanus semiremex*	AUSTRALIA ( Qld)
*Mussau Monitor	*Varanus semotus*	(Mussau Island) Papua New Guinea
*Red Blotched Monitor	Varanus scalaris (V. pellewensis) (invalid subspecies)	AUSTRALIA ( South Western Qld )
*Ocellated Rainforest Monitor	Varanus similis? ("V. kuranda") ? (was Varanus scalaris similis) (status uncertain)	New Guinea, AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld )
Dampier Peninsula Monitor (Goanna)	*Varanus sparnus*	AUSTRALIA WA ( Kimberley area)
Spencer's Monitor	*Varanus spenceri*	AUSTRALIA ( NT,Qld )
Keeled Monitor	*Varanus spinulosus*	Solomon Islands
Eastern Storr's Monitor	*Varanus storri*	AUSTRALIA (Qld )
Tanimbar Monitor	Varanus tanimbar	Indonesia (Tanimbar)
Rossel Island Monitor	*Varanus telenesetes*	New Guinea - Rossel Island
*Timor Tree Monitor	*Varanus timorensis*	Indonesia - Timor,Sawu and Roti Island
Togian Water Monitor	*Varanus togianus*	Togian Island (Indonesia)
Black-headed Monitor	*Varanus tristis tristis*	AUSTRALIA ( NT, SA, WA )
Freckled Monitor	*Varanus tristis orientalis*	AUSTRALIA ( NSW, NT, Qld, WA )
Mariana Monitor or Saipan Monitor	Varanus tsukamotoi	Micronesia (Guam, Cocos Island, Saipan, Rota, Pagan, Tinian and Anatahan islands, Marshall Islands: Japtan Island)
Lace Monitor	*Varanus varius*	AUSTRALIA ( NSW,Qld,SA,Vic )
Yemen Monitor	*Varanus yemenensis*	Arabic Peninsula
Tricolored Monitor	*Varanus yuwonoi*	Indonesia- Jailolo on Halmahera Island
Zug's Mangrove Monitor	*Varanus zugorum*	Indonesia - Jailolo, Halmahera Islands, Moluccan islands,

AUSTRALIAN DISTRIBUTION KEY
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CI = Christmas Island

CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island

NSW = New South Wales

NT = Northern Territory

Qld = Queensland

SA = South Australia

Tas = Tasmania

Vic = Victoria

WA = Western Australia

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REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF THE WORLD - MONITOR LIZARDS

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A LISTING OF MONITORS OF THE WORLD Distribution Key ORDER: SQUAMATA (LIZARDS AND SNAKES) SUBORDER: SAURIA (LIZARDS) Family: Varanidae (Monitors)

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COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK)

SCIENTIFIC NAME (EXTERNAL LINK)

DISTRIBUTION

Lanthanotus borneensis

Borneo

Varanus acanthurus

AUSTRALIA (WA, NT, Qld )

Varanus albigularis albigularis

AFRICA

Varanus albigularis angolensis

AFRICA

Black-throated Rock Monitor (Status uncertain)

Varanus albigularis ionides (Status uncertain)

AFRICA

Varanus albigularis microstictus

AFRICA

Varanus auffenbergi

Indonesia - Roti Island

Bangon Monitor

Philippines - Mindoro

*Black Tree Monitor or Beccari's Monitor

Varanus beccarii

Indonesia - Aru Islands

Varanus bengalensis

Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma

Bennett’s long-tailed monitor

Palau archipelago (Koror, Ngeaur and Ngcheangel islands, Ngeriungs and Babeldaob), Federated States of Micronesia (FSM: Yap and Losiep islands), Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI: Sarigan Island)

Bitatawa Monitor

Philippine Islands

Golden Speckled/Spotted Tree monitor

Indonesia - Waigeo Island

Bogert's Black Tree Monitor

D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago (Northeast of New Guinea)

Varanus brevicauda

AUSTRALIA (NT, Qld, SA, WA)

Pilbara Pygmy Monitor

AUSTRALIA ( WA )

Turquoise / Blue Pin-spot Monitor

Indonesia - Halmahera Islands

Varanus caspius

Iran

Varanus caudolineatus

AUSTRALIA (WA)

*Australasian Mangrove Monitor

Varanus chlorostigma (previously called Varanus indicus)

Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland) Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Wardo, Srui, Waigeo), Papua New Guinea, New Britain, D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago

Varanus citrinus

NT

Malukan Mangrove Monitor

Indonesia (Maluku: Kei Kecil Island)

Varanus cumingi

Philippines Islands - Mindanao, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Cebu, and Basilan

Enteng’s Monitor

(Luzon Island) Philippines

Varanus doreanus

QLD (North-western Cape York), New Guinea, and the Aru, Biak, Salawati, Waigeo and Karkar Islands.

New Ireland Monitor

Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea

Varanus dumerilii

Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo

Varanus eremius

AUSTRALIA (NT, Qld, SA, WA)

Varanus exanthematicus

Africa

Finschi's Monitor

New Guinea, New Ireland,

Yellow Monitor, Golden Monitor or Short-toed Monitor

Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan

Varanus giganteus

AUSTRALIA (NT, Qld, SA, WA)

Varanus gilleni

AUSTRALIA (NT, Qld, SA, WA)

Varanus glauerti

AUSTRALIA ( NT,WA )

A LISTING OF MONITORS OF THE WORLD
Distribution Key
ORDER: SQUAMATA (LIZARDS AND SNAKES)
SUBORDER: SAURIA (LIZARDS)
Family: Varanidae (Monitors)

COMMON NAME
(INTERNAL LINK)

SCIENTIFIC NAME
(EXTERNAL LINK)

AUSTRALIA
(WA, NT, Qld )

Black-throated Rock Monitor
(Status uncertain)

*Black Tree Monitor or
Beccari's Monitor

AUSTRALIA
(NT, Qld, SA, WA)

Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Wardo, Srui, Waigeo), Papua New Guinea, New Britain, D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago

AUSTRALIA
(NT, Qld, SA, WA)

AUSTRALIA
(NT, Qld, SA, WA)

AUSTRALIA
(NT, Qld, SA, WA)

AUSTRALIA
(WA -Hamersley Range)