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Desert monitor

Desert monitor
Caspian monitor (Varanus griseus caspius)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Psammosaurus
Species:
V. griseus
Binomial name
Varanus griseus
(Daudin, 1803)
Synonyms
  • Psammosaurus arabicus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899
  • Psammosaurus griseus Sixta, 1900
  • Psammosaurus terrestris Rablrückhard, 1881
  • Tupinambis arenarius Geoffroy, 1827
  • Tupinambis griseus Daudin, 1803
  • Varanus arenarius Duméril & Bibron, 1836
  • Varanus griseus griseus De Lisle, 1996
  • Varanus scincus Merrem, 1820
  • Varanus terrestris Schinz, 1834
  • Varanus (Psammosaurus) griseus Mertens, 1942

The desert monitor (Varanus griseus) is a species of monitor lizard of the order Squamata found living throughout North Africa and Central and South Asia. The desert monitor is carnivorous, feeding on a wide range of vertebrates and invertebrates.[3]

  1. ^ Soorae, P.; Eid, E.K.A.; Behbehani, S.J.Y.; Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Egan, D.M.; Els, J.; Baha El Din, S.; Böhme, W.; Orlov, N.L.; Wilkinson, J.; Tuniyev, B.; Lymberakis, P.; Aghasyan, A.; Cogălniceanu, D.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Disi, A.M.; Mateo, J.A.; Sattorov, T.; Nuridjanov, D.; Chirikova, M. (2021). "Varanus griseus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T62252A3110663. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T62252A3110663.en. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Bennett, D. ‘’Desert Monitor, Grey Monitor’’, A Little Book of Monitor Lizards, Viper Press, 1995
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