Definition of Varanus. Meaning of Varanus. Synonyms of Varanus

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Varanus. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Varanus and, of course, Varanus synonyms and on the right images related to the word Varanus.

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...
- The Komodo dragon (Var**** komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a member of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian...
- 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...
- 80 species of monitor lizards, all of which belong to the genus Var****. The Var**** genus are large reptiles that act as predators and scavengers. There...
- 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 Bengal monitor (Var**** bengalensis), also called the Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian Subcontinent, as well as...
- monitor (Var**** albigularis microstictus) The black-throated monitor (Var**** albigularis microstictus) is a subspecies of rock monitor (Var**** albigularis)...
- Daniel (2019-10-01). "Play behaviour by captive tree monitors, Var**** macraei and Var**** prasinus". Herpetological Bulletin. 149 (Autumn 2019): 28–31...
- living genus Var**** and a number of extinct genera more closely related to Var**** than to the earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus). Var**** includes the...