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
  • V. p. panoptes
  • V. p. rubidus
  • V. p. horni

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.