Datasets

datasets have provided data to the Atlas of Living Australia for this genus.

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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Varanus Merrem, 1820
  • AFD
Synonym Source
Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler, 1994 excluded
  • AFD
Titanzius Wells & Wellington, 1985 synonym
  • AFD
Aspetosaurus Wells & Wellington, 1985 synonym
  • AFD
Worrellisaurus Wells & Wellington, 1984 synonym
  • AFD
Pantherosaurus Fitzinger, 1843 synonym
  • AFD
Euprepiosaurus Fitzinger, 1843 synonym
  • AFD
Cylindrurus Fitzinger, 1843 synonym
  • AFD
Agalmatosaurus Fitzinger, 1843 synonym
  • AFD
Odatria Gray, 1838 synonym
  • AFD
Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802) excluded
  • AFD
Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) excluded
  • AFD
Common Name Source
Mangrove Monitor preferred Australia Australia
Name Source
Varanus Merrem, 1820 accepted
  • AFD
Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1a660acd-ef0f-4216-8860-51c669808247 Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1a660acd-ef0f-4216-8860-51c669808247 Taxon unknown
  • AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1a660acd-ef0f-4216-8860-51c669808247 Taxon LSID unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1a660acd-ef0f-4216-8860-51c669808247 Taxon current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7d694974-bfb5-4e9d-9644-69d20767e2e4 Scientific Name current
  • AFD

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
REPTILIA
subclass
LEPIDOSAURIA
order
SQUAMATA
suborder
LACERTILIA
family
VARANIDAE
genus
Varanus
species
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885 
species
Varanus brevicauda Boulenger, 1898 
species
Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King, 2006 
species
Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger, 1885 
species
Varanus chlorostigma (Gray, 1831) 
species
Varanus citrinus Pavón-Vázquez, Esquerré, Fitch, Maryan, Doughty, Donnellan, & Keogh, 2022 
species
Varanus doreanus (Meyer, 1874) 
species
Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost, 1895 
species
Varanus giganteus (Gray, 1845) 
species
Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost, 1895 
species
Varanus glauerti Mertens, 1957 
species
Varanus glebopalma Mitchell, 1955 
species
Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838) 
species
Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver, Fitch & O'Connell, 2014 
species
Varanus insulanicus Mertens, 1958 
species
Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington, 1985 
species
Varanus kingorum Storr, 1980 
species
Varanus mertensi Glauert, 1951 
species
Varanus mitchelli Mertens, 1958 
species
Varanus niloticus 
species
Varanus ocreatus Storr, 1980 
species
Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980 
species
Varanus pilbarensis Storr, 1980 
species
Varanus prasinus (Schlegel, 1839) 
species
Varanus primordius Mertens, 1942 
species
Varanus rosenbergi Mertens, 1957 
species
Varanus scalaris Mertens, 1941 
species
Varanus semiremex Peters, 1869 
species
Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donellan, 2014 
species
Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost, 1903 
species
Varanus storri Mertens, 1966 
species
Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839) 
species
Varanus varius (White, 1790) 

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Data sets Licence Records