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Abbreviation Legend
- (CE) - Criticially Endangered
- (CI) - Critically Imperiled
- (E) - Endangered
- (I) - Introduced
- (IM) - Imperiled
- (NT) - Near Threatened
- (T) - Threatened
- (V) - Vulnerable
- (**) - Recent Classification Change
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Monitor Lizards (Varanidae) of the United States
The Varanidae are a family of lizards in the superfamily Varanoidea within the Anguimorpha group. The fmaily, a group of carnivorous and frugivorous lizards included the living genus Varanus and a number of extinct genera. Varanus includes the Komodo Dragon (the largest living lizards), crocodile monitor, savannah monitor, the goannas of Australia and Southeast Asia, and various other species with a similarly distinctive appearance. Their closest living relatives are the anguid and helodermatid lizards.
There is 3 species, representing 1 genus, found in the United States, all of which are Introduced.
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