Šmíd, Jiří;Moravec, Jiří;Kodym, Petr;Kratochvíl, Lukáš;Yousefkhani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian;Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar;Frynta, Daniel
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyVaranidae
Observations recorded1,842
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 352
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Varanidae
- Collections
- YPM, MVZ, CAS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- Egypt, Yemen, Mauritania, Algeria, Iran, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Varanus griseus
- Commons category
- Varanus griseus
- Commons gallery
- Varanus griseus
- taxon common name
- Desert monitor
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
The desert monitor (Varanus griseus) is a species of monitor lizard of the order Squamata found living throughout North Africa and Central and South Asia. The desert monitor is carnivorous, feeding on a wide range of vertebrates and invertebrates.
Description
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