The Varanidae are a family of lizards in the superfamily Varanoidea and order Anguimorpha. The family, a group of carnivorous and frugivorous lizards...

are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also...

attempted to establish the phylogenetic position of megalania within the Varanidae. An affinity with the perentie (Varanus giganteus), Australia's largest...

length of up to 36 cm (14 in), while the largest species in the family Varanidae, Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), has a length up to 3 metres (10 ft)...

Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768 for a water monitor specimen. The family Varanidae contains nearly 80 species of monitor lizards, all of which belong to...

It is only found on a single island of off the coast of Singapore. The Varanidae are a family of carnivorous and frugivorous monitor lizards, which contains...

known as the Komodo monitor, is a member of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and...

albigularis microstictus) is a subspecies of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The subspecies is native to Tanzania. Varanus albigularis microstictus...

Varanus colei is a species of lizard of the Varanidae family. It is found on the Kai Islands in Indonesia. Varanus colei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database...

monitor (Varanus niloticus) is a large member of the monitor family (Varanidae) found throughout most of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in drier regions...