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Earless monitor lizard
| Earless monitor lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Superfamily: | Varanoidea |
| Family: | Lanthanotidae Steindachner, 1877 |
| Genus: | Lanthanotus Steindachner, 1878 |
| Species: | L. borneensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lanthanotus borneensis Steindachner, 1878
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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.[3][4][5]
- ^ Das, I.; Auliya, M. (2021). "Lanthanotus borneensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T102342572A102342580. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T102342572A102342580.en. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Lanthanotidae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 January 2021.
- ^ Bauer, Aaron M. (1998). Cogger, H.G.; Zweifel, R.G. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 156–157. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.
- ^ Das, I. (2013). "Lanthanotus borneensis, the Bornean Earless Monitor" (PDF). Herpetological Review. 44 (4): 553.
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