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 | |
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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.