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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Order Squamata
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Family Varanidae
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Genus Varanus
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Species Varanus acanthurus (Ridgetail Monitor) -



Species Varanus albigularis (White-throated Monitor) -



Species Varanus auffenbergi -



Species Varanus baritji -



Species Varanus beccarii (Black Tree Monitor) -
Species Varanus bengalensis (Bengal Monitor)
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Species Varanus boehmei -



Species Varanus bogerti (Bogert's Monitor) -
Species Varanus brevicauda (Short-tailed Pygmy Monitor)
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Species Varanus bushi -



Species Varanus caerulivirens -
Species Varanus caudolineatus
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Species Varanus cerambonensis -



Species Varanus doreanus -



Species Varanus dumerilii (Dumeril Monitor) -



Species Varanus eremius -
Species Varanus exanthematicus (Savannah Monitor)
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Species Varanus finschi -



Species Varanus flavescens (Yellow Monitor) -



Species Varanus giganteus -



Species Varanus gilleni -



Species Varanus glauerti -



Species Varanus glebopalma -
Species Varanus gouldii (Sand Monitor, Gould's Goanna)
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Species Varanus griseus (Desert Monitor) -



Species Varanus indicus (Mangrove Monitor) -



Species Varanus jobiensis -



Species Varanus juxtindicus -



Species Varanus keithhornei -



Species Varanus kingorum (Pygmy Rock Monitor) -
Species Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon)
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Species Varanus kordensis -



Species Varanus mabitang -



Species Varanus macraei -



Species Varanus melinus -



Species Varanus mertensi (Mertens's Water Monitor) -



Species Varanus mitchelli -



Species Varanus nebulosus (Clouded Monitor) -
Species Varanus niloticus (Nile Monitor, Water Leguaan)
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Species Varanus olivaceus (Grays Monitor Lizard) -



Species Varanus ornatus -



Species Varanus panoptes (Yellow-spotted Monitor) -



Species Varanus pilbarensis (Pilbara Rock Monitor) -
Species Varanus prasinus (Emerald Monitor)
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Species Varanus primordius -



Species Varanus reisingeri -



Species Varanus rosenbergi -



Species Varanus rudicollis (Roughneck Monitor) -
Species Varanus salvadorii
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Species Varanus salvator (Common Water Monitor)
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Species Varanus scalaris -



Species Varanus semiremex -



Species Varanus similis -



Species Varanus spenceri -



Species Varanus spinulosus -



Species Varanus storri -



Species Varanus telenesetes -



Species Varanus timorensis -



Species Varanus tristis -



Species Varanus varius (Lace Monitor) -



Species Varanus yemenensis (Yemen Monitor) -



Species Varanus yuwonoi -



Species Varanus zugorum
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.



