Yellow-spotted monitor
| Yellow-spotted monitor | |
|---|---|
| V. p. panoptes in Queensland, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Reptilia | 
| Order: | Squamata | 
| Family: | Lanthanotidae | 
| Genus: | Varanus | 
| Subgenus: | Varanus | 
| Species: | V. panoptes | 
| Binomial name | |
| Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980 | |
| Subspecies | |
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The yellow-spotted monitor (Varanus panoptes), also known as the Argus monitor, is a monitor lizard found in northern and western regions of Australia and southern New Guinea.