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Tri-Colored Monitor - Varanus
Photo Courtesy Doug Price

MONITORS OF THE WORLD
1998 LIST

Submitted by Harold De Lisle

Varanus flavirufus flavirufus	Sand Monitor
Varanus flavirufus ssp.	Bungarra (eastern Australia)
Varanus giganteus	Perentie
Varanus gouldii gouldii	Gould's Monitor
Varanus gouldii horni	Horn's Monitor, Argus Monitor
Varanus gouldii rubidus	Yellow-spotted Monitor
Varanus komodoensis	Komodo Monitor
Varanus mertensi	Mertens' Water Monitor
Varanus rosenbergi	Rosenberg's Monitor
Varanus spenceri	Spencer's Monitor
Varanus varius	Lace Monitor

Varanus beccarii	Black Tree Monitor
Varanus doreanus doreanus	New Guinea Blue-tailed Monitor
Varanus doreanus ssp.	Halmahera Blue-tailed Monitor
Varanus finschi	Finsch's Monitor
Varanus indicus	Mangrove Monitor
Varanus jobiensis	Peach-throated Monitor
Varanus keithhornei	Cape York Tree Monitor
Varanus melinus	Moluccan Yellow Monitor
Varanus prasinus prasinus	New Guinea Green Tree Monitor
Varanus prasinus kordensis	Kordo Green Tree Monitor
Varanus spinulosus	Solomons Keeled Monitor
Varanus sp.	Buru Island Blue Monitor
Varanus telenesetes	Rossel Island Monitor
Varanus yuwonoi	Moluccan Black-backed Monitor Tri-colored Monitor

Varanus acanthurus acanthurus	Northwestern Ridge-tailed Monitor
Varanus acanthurus brachyurus	Common Ridge-tailed Monitor
Varanus acanthurus insulanicus	Island Ridge-tailed Monitor
Varanus baritji	White's Monitor
Varanus brevicauda	Short-tailed Monitor
Varanus caudolineatus	Stripe-tailed Monitor
Varanus eremius	Rusty Desert Monitor
Varanus gilleni	Pygmy Mulga Monitor
Varanus glauerti	Glauert's Monitor
Varanus glebopalma	Long-tailed Rock Monitor
Varanus kingorum	Kings' Monitor
Varanus mitchelli	Mitchell's Water Monitor
Varanus pellewenis	Pellew Islands Monitor
Varanus pilbarensis	Pilbara Monitor
Varanus primordius	Northern Blunt-spined Monitor
Varanus scalaris	Australian Spotted Tree Monitor
Varanus semiremex	Rusty Monitor
Varanus similis	New Guinea Spotted Tree Monitor
Varanus storri storri	Eastern Storr's Monitor
Varanus storri ocreatus	Western Storr's Monitor
Varanus timorensis timorensis	Timor Monitor
Varanus timorensis ssp.	Blue-spotted Monitor Roti Island Monitor
Varanus tristis tristis	Black-headed Monitor
Varanus tristis orientalis	Freckled Monitor

Varanus salvadorii

Papua Monitor
Crocodile Monitor

Varanus olivaceus

Gray's Monitor

Varanus albigularis albigularis	South African White-throated Monitor
Varanus albigularis angolensis	Angola White-throated Monitor
Varanus albigularis microstictus	East African White-throated Monitor
Varanus exanthematicus	Savannah Monitor
Varanus niloticus	Nile Monitor
Varanus ornatus	Ornate Monitor
Varanus yemensis	Yemen Monitor

Varanus salvator salvator	Asian Water Monitor
Varanus salvator andamanensis	Andaman Islands Water Monitor
Varanus salvator bivittatus	Two-striped Water Monitor
Varanus salvator cumingi	Cuming's Water Monitor
Varanus salvator marmoratus	Marbled Water Monitor
Varanus salvator nuchalis	Negros Water Monitor
Varanus salvator togianus	Togian Water Monitor