Monitor Lizard Genera (Varanidae)

Monitor Lizard Genera (Varanidae) is a Browse By group of the Nature Atlas that gathers genera of monitor lizards, the large, long-necked, forked-tongued lizards of the family Varanidae, such as Varanus, the only living genus of the family, with many species spread across Africa, Asia and Oceania, one of which is established as an invasive species outside its range. An entry belongs here when its own cited article describes a genus of monitor lizards, living or fossil. It excludes the gecko and iguana genera, which have groups of their own, and it excludes the snakes, turtles and crocodilians. The group lets a reader compare the largest living lizards with the other lizard lineages of this subcategory.