The crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii), also known as the Papuan monitor or Salvadori's monitor, is a species of monitor lizard endemic to New Guinea...

diverging from a lineage that gave rise to the crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii) of New Guinea. A 2021 study showed that during the late Miocene,...

some species such as Varanus sparnus, to over 3 m (10 ft) in the case of the Komodo dragon, though the extinct megalania (Varanus priscus) may have reached...

be about 7.6 kg (17 lb). Crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii) The crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii) sometimes is regarded as the longest lizard...

Varanus because its morphology suggests that it is more closely related to some species of Varanus than others, so excluding V. priscus from Varanus renders...

The Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis), also called the Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian Subcontinent, as well as...

"Tingka". Two subspecies are recognised, Varanus gouldii gouldii (Schlegel, 1837) – Gould's goanna Varanus gouldii flavirufus Mertens, 1958 – desert...

The desert monitor (Varanus griseus) is a species of monitor lizard of the order Squamata found living throughout North Africa and Central and South Asia...

of Australia. A ground-dwelling species of Varanus, it somewhat resembles the widespread sand goanna (Varanus gouldii). Large, dark spots appear in rows...

record that places the mass above 100 kg (220 lb). Crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii) is probably the longest living lizard, known to grow as much as 3...