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Monitor Lizards

Varanidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Varanidae
Family recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Varanidae
Family recognized by Barcode of Life Data Systems, NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia AST, GBIF classification, wikipedia AF, Wikidata, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Wikimedia Commons, TreatmentBank, and TreatmentBank
Varanidae
Species recognized by Protists in Singapore
Varanidae
Recognized by iNaturalist, Iran Species List, Timor Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Afghanistan Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, South Sudan Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Sudan Species List, Swaziland Species List, Uganda Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Uzbekistan Species List, Vietnam Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Palau Species List, Palestine Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Singapore Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, Israel Species List, Jordan Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Malaysia Species List, Mali Species List, Mauritania Species List, Liberia Species List, Mongolia Species List, Morocco Species List, Mozambique Species List, Myanmar Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, France Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Eritrea Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, Ghana Species List, Indonesia Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Benin Species List, Botswana Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cameroon Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Algeria Species List, Angola Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Afghanistan Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Australia Species List, IUCN Structured Data, Guinea Species List, India Species List, Pakistan Species List, Namibia Species List, AnAge, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, CalPhotos in DwC-A, Syria Species List, Wildfinder (WWF), Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Egypt Species List, NMNH Herpetology in DwC A, Dynamic Hierarchy Synonyms, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Furui 2020, Gabon Species List, and United States Species List
Varanidae Gray 1827
Family recognized by TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Saniwa agilis (Marsh 1872)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Saniwa ensidens Leidy, 1870)
Saniwa crassa (Marsh 1872)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Saniwa ensidens Leidy, 1870)
Saniwa grandis (Marsh 1872)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Saniwa ensidens Leidy, 1870)
Saniwa paucidens (Marsh 1872)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Saniwa ensidens Leidy, 1870)
Tupinambis ornatus Daudin 1803
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Varanus niloticus ornatus Mertens 1942
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Varanus ornatus Schmitz Et Al. 2000
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
? prisca Owen, 1859
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chilingosaurus Young 1961
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dendrovaranus Mertens 1942
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Indovaranus Mertens 1942
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megalania Owen 1860
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Psammosaurus Fitzinger 1826
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tectovaranus Mertens 1942
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Varanidae
Harvest ancestor according to GBIF classification, AnAge articles, Global Invasive Species Database, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, NMNH type specimens, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, and TreatmentBank

Common Names

English

monitor lizards preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
monitor lizard
prefer
Recognized by PBDB in DwCA

Afrikaans

Likkewaan preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Arabic

ورليات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Armenian

Վարաններ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Azerbaijani

Əsl varanlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Basque

Barano preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Belarusian

Вараны (сямейства) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Вараны
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata (prefers this name)

Bulgarian

варанови preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

Varànid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

巨蜥科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

varanovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

Varanen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Finnish

varaanit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Galician

Varánidos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Georgian

ვარანისებრნი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hebrew

כוחיים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hungarian

Varánuszfélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

オオトカゲ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Kazakh

Keseltärizdiler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
Кеселтәрізділер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
كەسەلتارىزدىلەر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Эчки эмээрлер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Korean

왕도마뱀과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kurdish

Famîleya pezmijokan preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Latvian

Varānu dzimta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lithuanian

Varanai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Macedonian

варани preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Norwegian

varaner preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

بزمجه‌ایان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

Waranowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

варановые preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Serbian

Варани preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Thai

วงศ์เหี้ย preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ukrainian

Варани preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Uzbek

Echkemarsimonlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vietnamese

Họ Kỳ đà preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Mrj

Варан йишвлӓ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Pnb

گوہ ٹبر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hans

巨蜥科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hant

巨蜥科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hk

巨蜥科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Varanidae

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Anguimorpha
Varanidae (this page)
Cherminotus Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984
Ovoo Norell et al. 2007
Saniwa Leidy 1870
Saniwides Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984
Varanus Merrem 1820
Anguidae
Anniellidae
Diploglossidae
Dorsetisauridae
Helodermatidae
Lanthanotidae
Palaeovaranidae
Parasaniwidae
Paravaranidae
Shinisauridae
unclassified Anguimorpha
Xenosauridae
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