Northern blunt-spined monitor

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Northern ridge-tailed monitor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Anguimorpha
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Odatria
Species:
V. primordius
Binomial name
Varanus primordius
Mertens, 1942

The northern blunt-spined monitor (Varanus primordius) is a species of lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is native to Australia's tropical Northern Territory. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. [1]

References

  1. ↑ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Varanus primordius (Northern Ridge-Tailed Monitor)". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2021-02-12.


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