Varanus sivalensis
| Varanus sivalensis Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene, | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lanthanotidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Species: | †V. sivalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Varanus sivalensis Falconer, 1858 | |
Varanus sivalensis, also known as the Indian Dragon, is a species of monitor lizard that originally lived in India in the Pinjor Formation during the Pliocene through the early Pleistocene. As its name implies, it was broadly comparable in size to the extant Komodo Dragon.