Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards):
countries with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Australia
 31
No. 2
Indonesia
 27
No. 3
Papua New Guinea
 13
No. 4
Philippines
 11
No. 5
Myanmar
 6
No. 6
Thailand
 5
No. 7
Congo-Kinshasa
 4
No. 8
India
 4
No. 9
Malaysia
 4
No. 10
Sudan
 4
No. 11
Bangladesh
 3
No. 12
Benin
 3
No. 13
Bhutan
 3
No. 14
Burkina Faso
 3
No. 15
Cameroon
 3
No. 16
Central African Republic
 3
No. 17
Chad
 3
No. 18
Congo-Brazzaville
 3
No. 19
Ethiopia
 3
No. 20
Ghana
 3
No. 21
Guinea
 3
No. 22
Iran
 3
No. 23
Ivory Coast
 3
No. 24
Liberia
 3
No. 25
Mali
 3
No. 26
Mauritania
 3
No. 27
Niger
 3
No. 28
Nigeria
 3
No. 29
Pakistan
 3
No. 30
Sierra Leone
 3
No. 31
Singapore
 3
No. 32
Solomon Islands
 3
No. 33
South Sudan
 3
No. 34
Togo
 3
No. 35
Uganda
 3
No. 36
Afghanistan
 2
No. 37
Angola
 2
No. 38
Botswana
 2
No. 39
Brunei
 2
No. 40
Cambodia
 2
No. 41
China
 2
No. 42
East Timor
 2
No. 43
Egypt
 2
No. 44
Equatorial Guinea
 2
No. 45
Eritrea
 2
No. 46
Eswatini
 2
No. 47
Gambia
 2
No. 48
Guinea-Bissau
 2
No. 49
Iraq
 2
No. 50
Kenya
 2
No. 51
Laos
 2
No. 52
Malawi
 2
No. 53
Mozambique
 2
No. 54
Namibia
 2
No. 55
Nepal
 2
No. 56
Rwanda
 2
No. 57
Saudi Arabia
 2
No. 58
Senegal
 2
No. 59
Somalia
 2
No. 60
South Africa
 2
No. 61
Sri Lanka
 2
No. 62
Tanzania
 2
No. 63
Vietnam
 2
No. 64
Yemen
 2
No. 65
Zambia
 2
No. 66
Zimbabwe
 2
No. 67
Algeria
 1
No. 68
Burundi
 1
No. 69
Djibouti
 1
No. 70
Gabon
 1
No. 71
Guam [USA]
 1
No. 72
Israel
 1
No. 73
Jordan
 1
No. 74
Kazakhstan
 1
No. 75
Kuwait
 1
No. 76
Kyrgyzstan
 1
No. 77
Lesotho
 1
No. 78
Libya
 1
No. 79
Morocco
 1
No. 80
Northern Mariana Islands
 1
No. 81
Oman
 1
No. 82
Palau
 1
No. 83
Qatar
 1
No. 84
Syria
 1
No. 85
Taiwan
 1
No. 86
Tajikistan
 1
No. 87
Tunisia
 1
No. 88
Turkey
 1
No. 89
Turkmenistan
 1
No. 90
United Arab Emirates
 1
No. 91
Uzbekistan
 1
No. 92
Western Sahara
 1