Earless monitor lizard

Earless monitor lizard
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Superfamily: Varanoidea
Family: Lanthanotidae
Steindachner, 1877
Genus: Lanthanotus
Steindachner, 1878
Species:
L. borneensis
Binomial name
Lanthanotus borneensis
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 it is related to the true monitor lizards.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Das, I.; Auliya, M. (2021). "Lanthanotus borneensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T102342572A102342580. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T102342572A102342580.en. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Lanthanotidae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 January 2021.
  4. ^ Bauer, Aaron M. (1998). Cogger, H.G.; Zweifel, R.G. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 156–157. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.
  5. ^ Das, I. (2013). "Lanthanotus borneensis, the Bornean Earless Monitor" (PDF). Herpetological Review. 44 (4): 553.