| Short-tailed pygmy monitor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Subgenus: | Odatria |
| Species: | V. brevicauda
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| Binomial name | |
| Varanus brevicauda Boulenger, 1898
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The short-tailed pygmy monitor (Varanus brevicauda)[1] is the second smallest living monitor lizard in the world with a maximum length of 25 cm.[2]
- ^ a b Shea, G.; Ellis, R.; Wilson, S.; Oliver, P. (2018). "Varanus brevicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T83777390A101752295. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T83777390A101752295.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Cogger, Harold; Zweifel, Richard (1992). Reptiles & Amphibians. Sydney: Weldon Owen. ISBN 0-8317-2786-1.