Varanus (Empagusia)

Varanus (Empagusia)
	Bengal monitor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Varanidae
Genus:	Varanus
Subgenus:	Empagusia
Species
	V. bengalensis; V. dumerilii; V. flavescens; V. nebulosus;

Empagusia is a subgenus of monitor lizards in South to Southeast Asia, which includes medium to large species.

Classification

The black rough-necked monitor (V. rudicollis) was previously part of this subgenus, but genomic analyses show that it is actually the basalmost member of the closely related subgenus Soterosaurus, also known as the water monitors.^[1]

Species


Species	Image
Bengal monitor (V. bengalensis)
Dumeril's monitor (V. dumerilii)
Yellow monitor (V. flavescens)
Clouded monitor (V. nebulosus)

References

^ Brennan, Ian G; Lemmon, Alan R; Lemmon, Emily Moriarty; Portik, Daniel M; Weijola, Valter; Welton, Luke; Donnellan, Stephen C; Keogh, J Scott (2020-06-10). "Phylogenomics of Monitor Lizards and the Role of Competition in Dictating Body Size Disparity". Systematic Biology. 70 (1): 120–132. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa046. ISSN 1063-5157. PMID 32521014.

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[1] Brennan, Ian G; Lemmon, Alan R; Lemmon, Emily Moriarty; Portik, Daniel M; Weijola, Valter; Welton, Luke; Donnellan, Stephen C; Keogh, J Scott (2020-06-10). "Phylogenomics of Monitor Lizards and the Role of Competition in Dictating Body Size Disparity". Systematic Biology. 70 (1): 120–132. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa046. ISSN 1063-5157. PMID 32521014.

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