Varanus (Hapturosaurus) | |
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Green tree monitor (Varanus prasinus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Varanidae |
Genus: | Varanus |
Subgenus: | Hapturosaurus Bucklitsch, Böhme , and Koch, 2016 |
Type species | |
Varanus prasinus Schlegel, 1844
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Species | |
Hapturosaurus, sometimes known as the tree monitors, is a subgenus of lizards, consisting of slender-bodied arboreal monitor lizards mostly found in the tropical rainforests of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.