Earless monitor lizard

Earless monitor lizard
CITES Appendix II 
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Anguimorpha
Superfamily: Varanoidea
Family: Lanthanotidae
Steindachner, 1877
Genus: Lanthanotus
Steindachner, 1878
Species:
L. borneensis
Binomial name
Lanthanotus borneensis
Steindachner, 1878
Red: extant

Light red: possibly extinct

Earless monitor skull

The earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis) is a semiaquatic, brown lizard native to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. It is the only living species in the family Lanthanotidae and is related to the true monitor lizards.

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