Varanus (Hapturosaurus)

Varanus (Hapturosaurus)
Green tree monitor (Varanus prasinus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Hapturosaurus
Bucklitsch, Böhme [de], and Koch, 2016
Type species
Varanus prasinus
Schlegel, 1844
Species

Hapturosaurus, sometimes known as the tree monitors, is a subgenus of lizards, consisting of slender-bodied arboreal monitor lizards mostly found in the tropical rainforests of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.