NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Varanidae
  Suborder - Autarchoglossa
  Order - Squamata
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Varanus indicus
      Species - Varanus salvator
      Species - Varanus bengalensis
      Species - Varanus griseus
      Species - Varanus komodoensis
      Species - Varanus flavescens
      Species - Varanus niloticus
      Species - Varanus acanthurus
      Species - Varanus albigularis
      Species - Varanus auffenbergi
      Species - Varanus baritji
      Species - Varanus beccarii
      Species - Varanus boehmei
      Species - Varanus bogerti
      Species - Varanus brevicauda
      Species - Varanus caerulivirens
      Species - Varanus caudolineatus
      Species - Varanus cerambonensis
      Species - Varanus doreanus
      Species - Varanus dumerilii
      Species - Varanus eremius
      Species - Varanus exanthematicus
      Species - Varanus finschi
      Species - Varanus giganteus
      Species - Varanus gilleni
      Species - Varanus glauerti
      Species - Varanus glebopalma
      Species - Varanus gouldii
      Species - Varanus jobiensis
      Species - Varanus juxtindicus
      Species - Varanus keithhornei
      Species - Varanus kingorum
      Species - Varanus kordensis
      Species - Varanus mabitang
      Species - Varanus macraei
      Species - Varanus melinus
      Species - Varanus mertensi
      Species - Varanus mitchelli
      Species - Varanus nebulosus
      Species - Varanus olivaceus
      Species - Varanus ornatus
      Species - Varanus panoptes
      Species - Varanus pilbarensis
      Species - Varanus prasinus
      Species - Varanus primordius
      Species - Varanus reisingeri
      Species - Varanus rosenbergi
      Species - Varanus rudicollis
      Species - Varanus salvadorii
      Species - Varanus scalaris
      Species - Varanus semiremex
      Species - Varanus similis
      Species - Varanus spenceri
      Species - Varanus spinulosus
      Species - Varanus storri
      Species - Varanus telenesetes
      Species - Varanus timorensis
      Species - Varanus tristis
      Species - Varanus varius
      Species - Varanus yemenensis
      Species - Varanus yuwonoi
      Species - Varanus zugorum