Definition of varanus:
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Odatria, commonly known as dwarf monitors, consists of small monitor lizards found in Australia and Indonesia.
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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.
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Polydaedalus, commonly referred as African monitors, is one of the 11 subgenera of the genus Varanus.
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Varanus, commonly known as true monitors, is one of the 11 subgenera of the genus Varanus.
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Philippinosaurus is one of the 11 subgenera of the genus Varanus.
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Empagusia is a subgenus of monitor lizards in South to Southeast Asia, which includes medium to large species.