Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

Monitor lizards, the genus Varanus, are also known as biawak or goannas. They are members of the family Varanidae.

24 окт. 2024 г. · Monitor, (family Varanidae), any lizard of the genera Varanus or Lanthanotus in the family Varanidae. About 50 species of Varanus are ...

Monitor lizards (Varanidae), originated over 90 million years ago in northern Asia (Bennett, 1995) and expanded during the Miocene to reach Europe, Africa and ...

But all of these explanations for the name "monitor" postdate Linnaeus giving the scientific name Lacerta monitor to the Nile monitor in 1758, which may have ...

Monitor lizard, or monitor, is the common name for any of the Old World lizards comprising the Varanidae family, which contains only one extant genus, Varanus.

Komodo dragon, scientific name: Varanus komodoensis is the largest species of monitor lizard and the largest lizard present in the world. Dragon monitor lizard ...

4 февр. 2021 г. · Monitor lizards belong to the genus Varanus. Taxonomically, it is placed in the class Reptilia, order Sauria, and family Varanidae.

25 янв. 2023 г. · Varanus bangonorum, the Bangon Monitor Lizard, is one of eleven Varanidae species endemic to the Philippines; its occurrence is restricted ...

17 июл. 2024 г. · Key Facts about Komodo dragon: It is a type of monitor lizard. Scientific Name: Varanus komodoensis. It is the largest species of monitor lizard ...