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- and Var**** bitatawa) are primarily frugivores. Among species of living varanids, the limbs show positive allometry, being larger in larger-bodied species...
- Varanids last shared a common ancestor with their closest living relatives, earless "monitors", during the Late Cretaceous. The oldest known varanids...
- only have 1-2 replacement teeth behind each tooth position. As with other varanids, Komodo dragons have only a single ear bone, the stapes, for transferring...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species   Critically endangered (CR): 196 species   Endangered (EN): 382 species   Vulnerable (VU): 411 species   Near threatened...
- suggest that snakes may have evolved from burrowing lizards, such as the varanids (or a similar group) during the Cretaceous Period. An early fossil snake...
- relatives, including Iguania, Anguimorpha, and snakes. Closely related varanids use a potent venom found in glands inside the jaw. The venom in these lizards...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species   Critically endangered (CR): 196 species   Endangered (EN): 382 species   Vulnerable (VU): 411 species   Near threatened...
- Sphaerodactylus ariasae to nearly 3 m (10 ft) in the case of the largest living varanid lizard, the Komodo dragon. Most lizards are fairly small animals. Lizards...
- cladistical correlation, although some of these features are shared with varanids.[citation needed] Genetic studies in recent years have indicated snakes...
- widely successful. The Asian water monitor is one of the most exploited varanids; its skin is used for fashion accessories such as shoes, belts and handbags...