THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA - MONITORS

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A LISTING OF QUEENSLAND - MONITOR LIZARDS
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)	SUBGENUS	DISTRIBUTION
Common Ridge-tailed Monitor	Varanus acanthurus brachyurus subspecies status may be lost and may be renamed as Varanus acanthurus	Odatria	WA, NT, Qld
Short-Tailed Pygmy Monitor	Varanus brevicauda	Odatria	NT, Qld, SA, WA
*Blue Tailed Monitor	Varanus doreanus	Euprepiosaurus	QLD (North-western Cape York), New Guinea, and the Aru, Biak, Salawati, Waigeo and Karkar Islands.
Rusty Desert Monitor	Varanus eremius	Odatria	NT, Qld, SA, WA
Perentie	Varanus giganteus	Varanus	NT, Qld, SA, WA
Pygmy Mulga Monitor	Varanus gilleni	Odatria	NT, Qld, SA, WA
Black-palmed (or Long-Tailed) Rock Monitor	Varanus glebopalma	Odatria	NT, Qld, WA
Sand Monitor	Varanus gouldii gouldii	Varanus	WA, SA, NT, Qld, NSW, Vic
Centralian Sand Monitor	Varanus gouldii flavirufus	Varanus	WA. SA, NT,Qld (arid interior)
*Mangrove Monitor (also known as the Ambon Monitor)	Varanus indicus (includes Monitors previously called Varanus chlorostigma)	Euprepiosaurus	Australia (NT, QLD) Sulawesi, Moluccas, Aru Islands, Talaud, Irian Jaya, Timor (Indonesia), Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands
Canopy Goanna	Varanus keithhornei	Euprepiosaurus	Qld
Mertens' Water Monitor	Varanus mertensi	Varanus	NT, Qld, WA
Northern Yellow-Spotted Monitor or Floodplain Goanna	Varanus panoptes panoptes	Varanus	NT, Qld, WA
Green Tree Monitor, Emerald monitor or Wyniss	Varanus prasinus	Odatria	Torres Strait Islands Qld. Australia (Also found in New Guinea)
Spotted Tree Monitor	Varanus scalaris	Odatria	NT, Qld, WA
*Ocellated Rainforest Monitor	Varanus similis? ("V. kuranda") ? (was Varanus scalaris similis) (status uncertain)	Odatria	New Guinea, AUSTRALIA ( NT, Qld )
*Red Blotched Monitor	Varanus scalaris ( V. pellewensis)	Odatria	Qld
Rusty Monitor	Varanus semiremex	Odatria	Qld
Spencer's Monitor	Varanus spenceri	Varanus	NT, Qld
Eastern Storr's Monitor	Varanus storri storri (may be escalated to a full species Varanus storri)	Odatria	NT, Qld
Black-headed Monitor	Varanus tristis tristis	Varanus	NSW, NT, Qld, WA, SA
Freckled Monitor	Varanus tristis orientalis	Varanus	NSW, NT, Qld, WA
Lace Monitor & Bell's Monitor	Varanus varius	Varanus	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic

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

NI = Norfolk Island

LHI = Lord Howe Island

ACT = Australian Capital Territory
(Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)

LINKS OF INTEREST

Key to the Goannas of South Australia
South Australian Museum

Australian Monitor Lizards
by John Fowler

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CI = Christmas Island	CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island	NSW = New South Wales
NT = Northern Territory	Qld = Queensland	SA = South Australia
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NI = Norfolk Island	LHI = Lord Howe Island	ACT = Australian Capital Territory (Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)


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A LISTING OF QUEENSLAND - MONITOR LIZARDS 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)

SUBGENUS

DISTRIBUTION

Odatria

WA, NT, Qld

Varanus brevicauda

Odatria

NT, Qld, SA, WA

*Blue Tailed Monitor

Varanus doreanus

Euprepiosaurus

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

Varanus eremius

Odatria

NT, Qld, SA, WA

Varanus giganteus

Varanus

NT, Qld, SA, WA

Varanus gilleni

Odatria

NT, Qld, SA, WA

Varanus glebopalma

Odatria

NT, Qld, WA

Varanus gouldii gouldii

Varanus

WA, SA, NT, Qld, NSW, Vic

Varanus gouldii flavirufus

Varanus

WA. SA, NT,Qld (arid interior)

*Mangrove Monitor (also known as the Ambon Monitor)

Varanus indicus (includes Monitors previously called Varanus chlorostigma)

Euprepiosaurus

Australia (NT, QLD) Sulawesi, Moluccas, Aru Islands, Talaud, Irian Jaya, Timor (Indonesia), Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands

Varanus keithhornei

Euprepiosaurus

Qld

Varanus mertensi

Varanus

NT, Qld, WA

Varanus panoptes panoptes

Varanus

NT, Qld, WA

Varanus prasinus

Odatria

Torres Strait Islands Qld. Australia (Also found in New Guinea)

Varanus scalaris

Odatria

NT, Qld, WA

*Ocellated Rainforest Monitor

Varanus similis? ("V. kuranda") ? (was Varanus scalaris similis) (status uncertain)

Odatria

New Guinea, AUSTRALIA ( NT, Qld )

*Red Blotched Monitor

Odatria

Qld

Varanus semiremex

Odatria

Qld

Varanus spenceri

Varanus

NT, Qld

Varanus storri storri (may be escalated to a full species Varanus storri)

Odatria

NT, Qld

Varanus tristis tristis

Varanus

NSW, NT, Qld, WA, SA

Varanus tristis orientalis

Varanus

NSW, NT, Qld, WA

Varanus varius

Varanus

NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic

DISTRIBUTION KEY Click on the abbreviation below to see a map of the area

CI = Christmas Island

A LISTING OF QUEENSLAND - MONITOR LIZARDS
Distribution Key

ORDER: SQUAMATA (LIZARDS AND SNAKES)
SUBORDER: SAURIA (LIZARDS)
Family: Varanidae (Monitors)

COMMON NAME
(INTERNAL LINK)

SCIENTIFIC NAME
(EXTERNAL LINK)

*Mangrove Monitor
(also known as the Ambon Monitor)

Varanus similis? ("V. kuranda") ? (was Varanus scalaris similis)
(status uncertain)

Varanus storri storri
(may be escalated to a full species Varanus storri)

DISTRIBUTION KEY
Click on the abbreviation below to see a map of the area

ACT = Australian Capital Territory
(Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)

Key to the Goannas of South Australia
South Australian Museum

Australian Monitor Lizards
by John Fowler

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