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Description: A map showing the distribution of monitor lizards (Varanus) today. Might be slightly inaccurate, as this map was hand-drawn with MS Paint. Distribution data was compiled from:

Species accounts in E. R. Pianka & D. R. King (Hrsg.): Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press, Bloomington & Indianapolis. ISBN 0253343666

Ziegler, T.; A. Schmitz, A. Koch & W. Böhme (2007): A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): Morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups. Zootaxa 1472: 1–28
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