Varanus albigularis DAUDIN, 1802
White-throated Monitor

Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland

Varanus bengalensis (DAUDIN, 1802)
Bengal Monitor

Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia

Varanus dumerilii (SCHLEGEL, 1839)
Dumeril’s Monitor

Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia

Varanus exanthematicus (BOSC, 1792)
Savanna Monitor

Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda

Varanus griseus (DAUDIN, 1803)
Desert Monitor

Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India

Varanus indicus (DAUDIN, 1802)
Mangrove Monitor

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.), Guam (U.S.), Palau, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands

Varanus komodoensis OUWENS, 1912
Komodo Monitor

Indonesia

Varanus niloticus (LINNAEUS, 1758)
Nile Monitor

Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland

Varanus prasinus (SCHLEGEL, 1839)
Emerald Monitor

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia

Varanus rudicollis (GRAY, 1845)
Roughneck Monitor

Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia

Varanus salvadorii (PETERS & DORIA, 1878)
Crocodile Monitor

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

Varanus salvator (LAURENTI, 1768)
Asian Water Monitor

China, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands (India), Nicobar Islands (India), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines, East Timor

Varanus varius (SHAW, 1790)
Lace Monitor

Australia

Varanus doreanus (MEYER, 1874)
Blue-tailed Monitor

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia

Varanus jobiensis AHL, 1932
Peach-throated Monitor

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

Varanus panoptes STORR, 1980
Argus Monitor

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia

Varanus similis MERTENS, 1958
Spotted Tree Monitor

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia