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Nile Monitor Lizard

Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)
Species recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Varanus niloticus
Genus recognized by Protists in Singapore
Varanus niloticus
Species recognized by South Atlantic Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, South Africa Species List, South Sudan Species List, Swaziland Species List, Uganda Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Kenya Species List, Mali Species List, Liberia Species List, Mozambique Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Ghana Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Benin Species List, Botswana Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cameroon Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Chad Species List, Angola Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Guinea Species List, Namibia Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Wildfinder (WWF), Egypt Species List, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AF, and Wikidata
Varanus niloticus
Recognized by iNaturalist, PlanetScott, AnAge, CalPhotos in DwC-A, NMNH Herpetology in DwC A, AnAge articles, and Global Invasive Species Database
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)
Species recognized by GBIF classification
Varanus niloticus
Species recognized by United States Species List, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, and Wikimedia Commons
Varanus niloticus
Recognized by Flickr Group
Varanus niloticus Linnaeus 1766
Species recognized by TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Lacerta capensis Sparrman 1783
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Lacerta nilotica Linnaeus 1766
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Monitor elegans senegalensis Schlegel 1844
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Monitor niloticus Lichtenstein 1818
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Monitor pulcher Leach In Bowdich 1819
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Stellio saurus Laurenti 1768
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Tupinambis stellatus Daudin 1802
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Varanus ornatus
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Lacerta nilotica
Recombined according to PBDB in DwCA

Common Names

English

Nile Monitor Lizard preferred
Recognized by PlanetScott
Nile monitor preferred
Recognized by AnAge, wikipedia 日本語, Wikidata, and PBDB in DwCA

Afrikaans

Waterlikkewaan preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Arabic

ورل نيلي preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Breton

Varan an Nil preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

нилски варан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

varà del Nil preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

尼罗河巨蜥 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

Varan nilský preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

Nijlvaraan preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Finnish

Niilinvaraani preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

French

Varan du Nil preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Nilwaran preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hebrew

כוח הנילוס preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hungarian

nílusi varánusz preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Irish

monatóir Níleach preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

ナイルオオトカゲ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Korean

나일왕도마뱀 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kurdish

Pezmijoka Nîlê preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lingala

Mombámbé preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lithuanian

Nilo varanas preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Macedonian

нилски варан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Navajo; Navaho

Tiníléítsoh noodǫ́zígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Norwegian

Nilvaran preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

بزمجه نیل preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

Waran nilowy preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Portuguese

Lagarto-do-nilo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Rundi

Imburu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

Нильский варан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swedish

Nilvaran preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Thai

ตะกวดแม่น้ำไนล์ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ukrainian

Нільський варан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Mrj

Нил варан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Anguimorpha
Varanidae
Varanus Merrem 1820
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766) (this page)
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
Varanus albigularis Daudin 1802
Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland 1999
Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus baritji King & Horner 1987
Varanus beccarii (Doria 1874)
Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802)
Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Ruya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & Brown 2010
Varanus boehmei Jacobs 2003
Varanus bogerti Mertens 1950
Varanus brevicauda Boulenger 1898
Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King 2006
Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp 1999
Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger 1885
Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler 1999
Varanus cumingi Martin 1839
Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus doreanus (Meyer 1874)
Varanus douarrha (Lesson 1830)
Varanus dumerilii Schlegel 1839
Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc 1792)
Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler 1994
Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray 1827)
Varanus giganteus (Gray 1845)
Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus glauerti Mertens 1957
Varanus glebopalma Mitchell 1955
Varanus gouldii Gray 1838
Varanus griseus (Daudin 1803)
Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver & Fitch
Varanus indicus (Daudin 1802)
Varanus jobiensis Ahl 1932
Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler 2002
Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington 1985
Varanus kingorum Storr 1980
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens 1912
Varanus kordensis (Meyer 1874)
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler 2009
Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio 2001
Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs 2001
Varanus marathonensis Weithofer 1888
Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann 1834)
Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler 1997
Varanus mertensi Glauert 1951
Varanus mitchelli Mertens 1958
Varanus mokrensis Ivanov et al. 2018
Varanus nebulosus (Gray 1831)
Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz 2015
Varanus nuchalis (Günther 1872)
Varanus obor Weijola & Sweet 2010
Varanus olivaceus Hallowell 1857
Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus panoptes Storr 1980
Varanus pilbarensis Storr 1980
Varanus prasinus (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus primordius Mertens 1942
Varanus prisca (Owen 1859)
Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz 2007
Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker 2005
Varanus rosenbergi Mertens 1957
Varanus rudicollis (Gray 1845)
Varanus rusingensis Clos 1995
Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria 1878)
Varanus salvator (Laurenti 1768)
Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus scalaris Mertens 1941
Varanus semiremex Peters 1869
Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan & Lindqvist 2016
Varanus similis Mertens 1958
Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan 2014
Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost 1903
Varanus spinulosus Mertens 1941
Varanus storri Mertens 1966
Varanus telenesetes Sprackland 1991
Varanus timorensis Gray 1831
Varanus togianus (Peters 1872)
Varanus tristis Schlegel 1839
Varanus varius (White 1790)
Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti 1989
Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker 1998
Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler 2005
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