Varanus (Empagusia)

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Varanus (Empagusia)
File:A Monitor Lizard.jpg
Bengal monitor
Scientific classification File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Empagusia
Species

Empagusia is a subgenus of monitor lizards in South to Southeast Asia, which includes medium to large species.

Classification

The black rough-necked monitor (V. rudicollis) was previously part of this subgenus, but genomic analyses show that it is actually the basalmost member of the closely related subgenus Soterosaurus, also known as the water monitors.[1]

Species

Species Image
Bengal monitor

(V. bengalensis)

File:Bengal monitor.jpg
Dumeril's monitor

(V. dumerilii)

File:Sofia Zoo Varanus dumerilii 9353.JPG
Yellow monitor

(V. flavescens)

File:Yellow Monitor Lizard (cropped).jpg
Clouded monitor

(V. nebulosus)

File:Clouded monitor 2.1.jpg

References

  1. Brennan, Ian G; Lemmon, Alan R; Lemmon, Emily Moriarty; Portik, Daniel M; Weijola, Valter; Welton, Luke; Donnellan, Stephen C; Keogh, J Scott (2020-06-10). "Phylogenomics of Monitor Lizards and the Role of Competition in Dictating Body Size Disparity". Systematic Biology. 70 (1): 120–132. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa046. ISSN 1063-5157.