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Desert Monitors
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Desert Monitors

Psammosaurus

Psammosaurus is one of the 11 subgenera of the genus Varanus. It consists of two species of desert monitor native to Asia and North Africa.

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3 branches of this group, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Desert Monitor

speciesVaranus griseus

Caspian Monitor

speciesVaranus caspius

Nesterov's Desert Monitor

speciesVaranus nesterovi

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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 1671728.