Yellow monitor
| Yellow (golden) monitor lizard | |
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CITES Appendix I
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Anguimorpha |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Subgenus: | Empagusia |
| Species: | V. flavescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)
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The yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens) or golden monitor is a monitor lizard native to South Asia.