| Pygmy mulga monitor | |
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| Alice Springs Desert Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Subgenus: | Odatria |
| Species: | V. gilleni
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| Binomial name | |
| Varanus gilleni | |
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The pygmy mulga monitor (Varanus gilleni), also known commonly as Gillen's monitor or just the mulga monitor, is a species of lizard in the family Varanidae.[5] The species is endemic to Australia.
- ^ Shea, G.; Wilson, S.; Oliver, P. (2018). "Varanus gilleni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T83777806A83935729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T83777806A83935729.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Lucas, A.H.S.; Frost., C. (1895). "Preliminary Notice of certain New Species of Lizards from Central Australia". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 7: 264–269. (Varanus gilleni, new species, pp. 266–267).
- ^ Zipcodezoo.com Archived August 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Species Varanus gilleni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Bennett, Daniel (1995). A Little Book of Monitor Lizards. London: Viper Press. 220 pp. ISBN 978-0952663201.