Subfamily Varaninae (monitor lizard)
Reptilia - Squamata - Varanidae
Parent taxon: Varanidae according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966
See also McDowell and Bogert 1954
Sister taxa: Archaeovaranus, Cherminotus, Lanthanotus, Megalaninae, Saniwides, Telmasaurus, Varanus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Varaninae in the database