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Species of lizard

Varanus insulanicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Varanidae
Genus:	Varanus
Subgenus:	Odatria
Species:	V. insulanicus
Binomial name
*Varanus insulanicus* Mertens, 1958

The Groote Eylandt monitor (Varanus insulanicus) is a medium-sized species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is native to Northern Australia. It belongs to the subgenus Odatria.

References

Varanoidea

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata

Extant species

Helodermatidae	Chiapan beaded lizard (H. alvarezi) Guatemalan beaded lizard (H. charlesbogerti) Rio Fuerte beaded lizard (H. exasperatum) Mexican beaded lizard (H. horridum) Gila monster (H. suspectum)
Lanthanotus	Earless monitor lizard (L. borneensis)
Varanus	Asian water monitor (V. salvator) Black tree monitor (V. beccarii) Black-headed monitor (V. tristis) Bengal monitor (V. bengalensis) Black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor (V. baritji) Blue-tailed monitor (V. doreanus) Crocodile monitor (V. salvadorii) Desert monitor (V. griseus) Dumeril's monitor (V. dumerilii) Emerald tree monitor (V. prasinus) Gray's monitor (V. olivaceus) Kimberely rock monitor (V. glauerti) Komodo dragon (V. komodoensis) Lace monitor (V. varius) Mangrove monitor (V. indicus) Merten's water monitor (V. mertensi) Mitchell's water monitor (V. mitchelli) Nile monitor (V. niloticus) Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (V. bitatawa) Peacock monitor (V. auffenbergi) Peach-throated monitor (V. jobiensis) Perentie (V. giganteus) Pygmy mulga monitor (V. gilleni) Quince monitor (V. melinus) Rock monitor (V. albigularis) Pilbara monitor (V. bushi) Rennel Island monitor (V. juxtindicus) Rosenberg's monitor (V. rosenbergi) Roughneck monitor (V. rudicollis) Short-tailed pygmy monitor (V. brevicauda) Spiny-tailed monitor (V. acanthurus) Turquoise monitor (V. caerulivirens) Sand goanna (V. gouldii) Savannah monitor (V. exanthematicus) Yellow monitor (V. flavescens) Yellow-spotted monitor (V. panoptes) Yemen monitor (V. yemenensis)
Related categories	Monitor lizards Cretaceous lizards Helodermatidae

Fossil taxa

†Palaeovaranidae	Palaeovaranus Eosaniwa Paranecrosaurus
Varanidae	Megalania (Varanus priscus) Saniwa Varanus amnhophilis
Others	Arcanosaurus Aiolosaurus Cherminotus Gobiderma Morohasaurus Ovoo Telmasaurus Palaeosaniwa Saniwides Estesia

Taxon identifiers
Varanus acanthurus insulanicus	Wikidata: Q21377560 Wikispecies: Varanus acanthurus insulanicus AFD: Varanus_acanthurus_insulanicus CoL: C8NQP GBIF: 6160053 iNaturalist: 39426 NCBI: 2756168 RD: insulanicus

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