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African Monitors
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African Monitors

Polydaedalus

Polydaedalus, commonly referred as African monitors, is one of the 11 subgenera of the genus Varanus.

Its species are native to Africa and West Asia, among which are Africa's largest lizards.

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4 branches of this group, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Nile Monitor

speciesVaranus niloticus

Rock Monitor

speciesVaranus albigularis

Savannah Monitor

speciesVaranus exanthematicus

Yemen Monitor

speciesVaranus yemenensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1671727.