Yellow monitor

Yellow (golden) monitor lizard
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Empagusia
Species:
V. flavescens
Binomial name
Varanus flavescens
(Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)

The yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens) or golden monitor is a monitor lizard native to South Asia.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Das, A.; Hasan, M.K.; Bhattarai, S.; Wangyal, J. & Mohapatra, P. (2021). "Varanus flavescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22872A127899602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T22872A127899602.en. Retrieved 22 January 2022.