Reptilia - Squamata - Varanidae
Belongs to Varanus according to Falconer 1868
Sister taxa: Varanus (Varaneades), Varanus acanthurus, Varanus albigularis, Varanus baritji, Varanus beccarii, Varanus bengalensis, Varanus bogerti, Varanus brevicauda, Varanus catalaunicus, Varanus caudolineatus, Varanus deserticolus, Varanus doreanus, Varanus dumerili, Varanus eremitus, Varanus eremius, Varanus exanthematicus, Varanus gilleni, Varanus griseus, Varanus hoffmanni, Varanus hooijeri, Varanus komodoensis, Varanus lemoinei, Varanus lungui, Varanus marathonensis, Varanus mokrensis, Varanus niloticus, Varanus olivaceus, Varanus prasinus, Varanus prisca, Varanus rusingensis, Varanus salvadorii, Varanus salvator, Varanus semiremex, Varanus semjonovi, Varanus tristis, Varanus tyrasiensis, Varanus varius, Iberovaranus catalaunicus
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution: found only at Siwalik Hills (Pliocene of Pakistan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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