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  2. Roughneck monitor - Wikipedia

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    The black roughneck is a medium to large monitor. It usually reaches an average adult size of 3–4 ft. (90–120 cm), with a maximum length of 5 feet (150 cm), reported. [ 8 ] The black rough-necked monitor can be easily recognized by large pointed scales adorning the necks of adults. [ 4 ]

  3. Varanus (Soterosaurus) - Wikipedia

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    The black rough-necked monitor (V. rudicollis) was previously in the closely related subgenus Empagusia, but genomic analyses show it is actually the basalmost member of Soterosaurus, having split from the V. salvator species complex (which is composed of all the other Southeast Asian water monitor species) 14 million years ago during the middle Miocene.

  4. Monitor lizard - Wikipedia

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    The generic name Varanus is derived from the Arabic word ورل waral [Standard Arabic] / ورر warar [colloquially] / ورن waran [colloquially], from a common Semitic root ouran, waran, warar or waral, meaning "lizard beast".

  5. Varanus yuwonoi - Wikipedia

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    The Yuwono monitor or tricolor monitor (Varanus yuwonoi), also commonly known as the black-backed mangrove monitor or the black-backed monitor, is a species of monitor lizard in the blue-tailed monitor species complex. [2] [3] The tricolor monitor is endemic to the island of Halmahera, in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. [4]

  6. Black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor - Wikipedia

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    The black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus insulanicus baritji), also called commonly the black-spotted spiny-tailed monitor, the lemon-throated monitor, the northern ridge-tailed monitor, Whites monitor, and the yellow-throated monitor, is a subspecies of lizard in the family Varanidae.

  7. Black-headed monitor - Wikipedia

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    The black-headed monitor or black-tailed monitor (Varanus tristis) is a relatively small species of monitor lizards native to Australia. It is occasionally also called the mournful monitor , freckled monitor ( Varanus tristis orientalis ) or the racehorse monitor , [ 2 ] a name it shares with the Gould's monitor due to their exceptional speed.

  8. Varanus timorensis - Wikipedia

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    The Timor monitor is a dwarf species of monitor lizard belonging to the subgenus Odatria. Generally, it is dark greenish-gray to almost black in background color, with bright gold-yellow or sometimes bluish spotting along its dorsal surface and a lighter straw-yellow color on its ventral side. It has a pointed snout, excellent eyesight and ...

  9. Black tree monitor - Wikipedia

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    The black tree monitor or Beccari's monitor (Varanus beccarii) is a species of lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is a relatively small member of the family, growing to about 90–120 cm (35–47 in) in total length (including tail). V. beccarii is endemic to the Aru Islands off New Guinea, living in an arboreal habitat. The skin color ...