Lizards of
Western Australia  
Varanidae
(Monitor Lizards)  

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Checklist
General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Lizards (Sauria)
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Species
References
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus acanthurus

Common Spiny-tailed Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus brevicauda

Short-tailed Pygmy Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
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Varanus bushi

Pilbara Pygmy Monitor

Aplin, Fitch & King 2006 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
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Varanus caudolineatus

Stripe-tailed Pygmy Monitor

Aplin, Fitch & King 2006 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus eremius

Rusty Desert Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus giganteus

Perentie

Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus gilleni

Pygmy Mulga Monitor

Aplin, Fitch & King 2006 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus glauerti

Kimberley Rock Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus glebopalma

Black-palmed Rock Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus gouldii

Sand Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Aplin, Donnellan & Dell 2008 [listed for "Dorre/Bernier Island"] Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Maryan 1996 Wilson & Swan 2010
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Varanus hamersleyensis

Southern Pilbara Rock Monitor

Maryan, Oliver, Fitch & O'Connell 2014
 
Varanus kingorum

Pygmy Rock Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus mertensi

Kimberley Water Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus mitchelli

Arnhem Land Water Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus ocreatus

Western Dwarf Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Storr 1980
 
Varanus panoptes

Yellow-spotted Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
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Varanus pilbarensis

Northern Pilbara Rock Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus rosenbergi

Heath Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus scalaris

Australian Spotted Tree Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
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Varanus sparnus

Dampier Peninsula Monitor

Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan 2014
 
Varanus storri

Eastern Dwarf Monitor

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus tristis

Freckled Monitor and Black-headed Monitor

Aplin & Smith 2001 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2000 Bush, Maryan, Browne-Cooper & Robinson 2007 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014