lace monitor (Varanus varius, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in eastern Australia);  lace goanna
 water monitor (Varanus salvator, species of carnivorous monitor lizard common from Sri Lanka in the west to the Philippines in the east);  common water monitor
 Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
 quince monitor (Varanus melinus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia);  yellow-head monitor
 savanna monitor (Varanus exanthematicus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa);  Bosc's monitor
 black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii, species of monitor lizard from the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia);  Beccari's monitor
 emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus, species of arboreal carnivorous monitor lizard found from New Guinea to Queensland, Australia);  green tree monitor
 black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis, small species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia);  freckled monitor
 ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus, species of monitor lizard found throughout the arid northern regions of Australia);  spiny-tailed monitor
 Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa);  water leguaan