Yellow (golden) monitor lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Varanidae |
Genus: | Varanus |
Subgenus: | Empagusia |
Species: | V. flavescens
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Binomial name | |
Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)
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The yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens) or golden monitor is a monitor lizard native to South Asia.[1]