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Varanus insulanicus

species of reptile

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ21377560 ↗
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The Groote Eylandt monitor (Varanus insulanicus), also known commonly as the Black-Spotted Ridge-Tailed Goanna, is a medium-sized species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to the Northern Territory. It belongs to the subgenus Odatria.

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“Varanus insulanicus” enters the record as species of reptile. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Varanus, insulanicus and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21377560.

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This entry incorporates text from “Varanus insulanicus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.