Varanus (Hapturosaurus)
| Varanus (Hapturosaurus) | |
|---|---|
| Green tree monitor (Varanus prasinus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lanthanotidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Subgenus: | Hapturosaurus Bucklitsch, Böhme, and Koch, 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Varanus prasinus Schlegel, 1844 | |
| Species | |
Hapturosaurus, sometimes known as the tree monitors, is a subgenus of lizards, consisting of slender-bodied arboreal monitor lizards mostly found in the tropical rainforests of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.