Clouded monitor
| Clouded monitor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Subgenus: | Empagusia |
| Species: | V. nebulosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Varanus nebulosus (JE Gray, 1831) | |
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The clouded monitor (Varanus nebulosus) is a species of monitor lizard, native to Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina to West Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, and Vietnam. They are excellent tree climbers. It belongs to the subgenus Empagusia along with the Bengal monitor, the Dumeril's monitor and other monitor lizards. It had previously been listed as a subspecies of Bengal monitor by some herpetologists. It is a diurnal monitor.