Earless monitor lizard
| Earless monitor lizard | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Superfamily: | Varanoidea |
| Family: | Lanthanotidae Steindachner, 1877 |
| Genus: | Lanthanotus Steindachner, 1878 |
| Species: | L. borneensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lanthanotus borneensis Steindachner, 1878 | |
The earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis) is a semiaquatic, brown lizard native to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. It is the only living species in the family Lanthanotidae and it is related to the true monitor lizards.
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