Earless monitor lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Superfamily: | Varanoidea |
Family: | Lanthanotidae Steindachner, 1877 |
Genus: | Lanthanotus Steindachner, 1878 |
Species: | L. borneensis
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Binomial name | |
Lanthanotus borneensis Steindachner, 1878
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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 it is related to the true monitor lizards.[3][4][5]