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Definition of Varanus

Varanus
Varanus Va*ra"nus, n. [NL., fr. Ar. waran, waral; cf. F. varan, from the Arabic.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3.

Meaning of Varanus from wikipedia

- some species such as Var**** sparnus, to over 3 m (10 ft) in the case of the Komodo dragon, though the extinct megalania (Var**** priscus) may have reached...
- Var****, commonly known as true monitors, is one of the 11 subgenera of the genus Var****. All of its species are found in the Australasian realm, among...
- Var**** because its morphology suggests that it is more closely related to some species of Var**** than others, so excluding V. priscus from Var**** renders...
- The Komodo dragon (Var**** komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to...
- 114 cm (45 in) long tail. It was subordinated to the genus Var**** under the name Var**** salvadorii by George Albert Boulenger in 1885. There are no...
- the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.[citation needed] Var**** ****ingi, Var**** marmoratus, and Var**** nuchalis were classified as subspecies until 2007,...
- subgenera of the genus Var****. The group consists of three frugivorous species endemic to the Philippines. Unlike other members of the Var**** genus, species...
- The Bengal monitor (Var**** bengalensis), also called the Indian monitor, is a species of monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian subcontinent...
- living genus Var**** and a number of extinct genera more closely related to Var**** than to the earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus). Var**** includes the...
- The desert monitor (Var**** griseus) is a species of monitor lizard of the order Squamata found living throughout North Africa and Central and South Asia...