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{{Ficha de taxón
| name = Varanidae
| subclassis = [[Diapsida]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| subordo = [[LacertiliaSauria]]
| infraordo = [[Platynota]]
| familia = '''Varanidae'''
| familia_authority = [[BlasiusThomas MerremHardwicke|MerremHardwicke]] & [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1820[[1827]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Género (biología)|Géneros]]
| subdivision =
* ''[[Saniwides]]'' [[extinción|†]]
* ''[[Telmasaurus]]'' [[extinción|†]]
* ''[[Varanus]]'' <small>Merrem, 1820</small>
}}
[[Archivo:green.tree.monitor.lizard.arp.jpg|thumb|275px|''[[Varanus prasinus]]''.]]
[[Archivo:Varanus macraei - Reptilium Landau 01.jpg|thumb|275px|''[[Varanus macraei]]''.]]
Los '''varánidos''' ('''Varanidae''') son una [[familia (biología)|familia]] de [[saurópsidos]] [[escamosos]] que comprende numerosas [[especie]]s de grandes [[lacertilia|lagartos]] de cabeza pequeña, cuello largo, cuerpo y patas gruesas, y cola larga y fuerte; todas ellas agrupadas en el [[Género (biología)|género]] actual '''''Varanus'''''.
Todas las especies del género están amparadas por el acuerdo de Washington ([[CITES]]). En su mayoría en el apéndice II y algunas como ''[[Varanus komodoensis|V. komodoensis]]'' en el apéndice I.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/http://www.cites.org/esp/app/S-appendices.pdf Listado especies CITES. pg. 24, ''Varanidae'']</ref>
== Especies ==
Se reconocen las 79 especies vivas siguientes:<ref name=repdatabase>{{cita web|editor=Uetz, P. & Jirí Hošek|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Varanus&submit=Search|título=''Varanus''|editorial=Reptarium|obra=Reptile Database|fechaacceso=19 de abril de 2016}}</ref>
* ''[[Varanus acanthurus]]'' <small>Boulenger, 1885</small>, varano de cola espinosa
* ''[[Varanus albigularis]]'' <small>(Daudin, 1802)</small>, varano de garganta blanca
**''[[Varanus albigularis albigularis]]''
* ''[[Varanus amnhophilis]]'' †
* ''[[Varanus auffenbergi]]'' <small>Sprackland, 1999</small>, varano pavoreal
* ''[[Varanus bangonorum]]'' <small>Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown, 2014</small>
* ''[[Varanus baritji]]'' <small>King & Horner, 1987</small>, varano cola espinosa norteño
* ''[[Varanus beccarii]]'' <small>(Doria, 1874)</small>, varano arborícola negro
* ''[[Varanus bengalensis]]'' <small>(Daudin, 1802)</small>, varano de [[Bengala]] (CITES I)
* ''[[Varanus bitatawa]]'' <small>Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Ruya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & Brown, 2010</small>, varano gigante filipino
* ''[[Varanus boehmei]]'' <small>Jacobs, 2003</small>
* ''[[Varanus bogerti]]'' <small>Mertens, 1950</small>, varano arborícola dorado
* ''[[Varanus brevicaudus]]'' <small>Boulenger, 1898</small>, varano de cola corta
* ''[[Varanus bushi]]'' <small>Aplin, Fitch & King, 2006</small>
* ''[[Varanus caerulivirens]]'' <small>Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp, 1999</small>, varano turco
* ''[[Varanus caudolineatus]]'' <small>Boulenger, 1885</small>, varano de cola rayada
* ''[[Varanus cerambonensis]]'' <small>Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler, 1999</small>, varano de manglar de [[Ceram]]
* ''[[Varanus cumingi]]'' <small>Martin, 1839</small>
* ''[[Varanus dalubhasa]]'' <small>Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown, 2014</small>
* ''[[Varanus doreanus]]'' <small>(Meyer, 1874)</small>, varano de cola azul
* ''[[Varanus dumerilii]]'' <small>(Schlegel, 1839)</small>, varano de Duméril
* ''[[Varanus eremius]]'' <small>Lucas & Frost, 1895</small>, varano pigmeo del [[desierto]]
* ''[[Varanus exanthematicus]]'' <small>(Bosc, 1792)</small>, varano de [[sabana]]
* ''[[Varanus finschi]]'' <small>Böhme, Horn & Ziegler, 1994</small>, varano de Finsch
* ''[[Varanus flavescens]]'' <small>(Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)</small>, varano amarillo de manglar (CITES I)
* ''[[Varanus giganteus]]'' <small>(Gray, 1845)</small>, varano gigante australiano
* ''[[Varanus gilleni]]'' <small>Lucas & Frost, 1895</small>, varano de Gillen
* ''[[Varanus glauerti]]'' <small>Mertens, 1957</small>, varano colilargo de las rocas
* ''[[Varanus glebopalma]]'' <small>Mitchell, 1955</small>
* ''[[Varanus gouldii]]'' <small>(Gray, 1838)</small>, varano de arena
* ''[[Varanus griseus]]'' <small>(Daudin, 1803)</small>, varano del desierto (CITES I)
* ''[[Varanus hamersleyensis]]'' <small>Maryan, Oliver, Fitch & O’Connell, 2014</small><ref>Brad Maryan, Paul M. Oliver, Alison J. Fitch & Morgan O’Connell. 2014. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03768p158f.pdf Molecular and morphological assessment of ''Varanus pilbarensis'' (Squamata: Varanidae), with a description of a new species from the southern Pilbara, Western Australia.] Zootaxa 3768 (2): 139–158.</ref>
* ''[[Varanus indicus]]'' <small>(Daudin, 1802)</small>, varano de manglar
* ''[[Varanus jobiensis]]'' <small>Ahl, 1932</small>, varano de Schmidt
* ''[[Varanus juxtindicus]]'' <small>Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler, 2002</small>, Hakoi
* ''[[Varanus keithhornei]]'' <small>(Wells & Wellington, 1985)</small>
* ''[[Varanus kingorum]]'' <small>Storr, 1980</small>, varano de King
* ''[[Varanus komodoensis]]'' <small>Ouwens, 1912</small>, dragón de [[Komodo (isla)|Komodo]] (CITES I)
* ''[[Varanus kordensis]]'' <small>(Meyer, 1874)</small>
* ''[[Varanus lirugensis]]'' <small>Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler, 2009</small>
* ''[[Varanus mabitang]]'' <small>Gaulke & Curio, 2001</small>, varano de [[Panay]]
* ''[[Varanus macraei]]'' <small>Böhme & Jacobs, 2001</small>, varano de MacRae
* ''[[Varanus marmoratus]]'' <small>(Wiegmann, 1834)</small>
* ''[[Varanus melinus]]'' <small>Böhme & Ziegler, 1997</small>
* ''[[Varanus mertensi]]'' <small>Glauert, 1951</small>, varano de agua de Mertens
* ''[[Varanus mitchelli]]'' <small>Mertens, 1958</small>, varano de agua de Mitchell
* ''[[Varanus nebulosus]]'' <small>(Gray, 1831)</small>, varano nebuloso (CITES I)
* ''[[Varanus nesterovi]]'' <small>Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz, 2015</small>
* ''[[Varanus niloticus]]'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1766)</small>, varano del [[Nilo]]
* ''[[Varanus nuchalis]]'' (Günther, 1872)
* ''[[Varanus obor]]'' <small>Weijola & Sweet, 2010</small>, varano antorcha
* ''[[Varanus olivaceus]]'' <small>Hallowell, 1857</small>, varano de Gray
* ''[[Varanus palawanensis]]'' <small>Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010</small>
* ''[[Varanus panoptes]]'' <small>Storr, 1980</small>, varano de Argus
* ''[[Varanus pilbarensis]]'' <small>Storr, 1980</small>, varano de [[Pilbara]]
* ''[[Varanus prasinus]]'' <small>(Schlegel, 1839)</small>, varano verde
* ''[[Varanus primordius]]'' <small>Mertens, 1942</small>
* ''[[Varanus prisca]]'' [[extinción|†]], megalania
* ''[[Varanus rainerguentheri]]'' <small>Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz, 2007</small>
* ''[[Varanus rasmusseni]]'' <small>Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010</small>
* ''[[Varanus reisingeri]]'' <small>Eidenmüller & Wicker, 2005</small>
* ''[[Varanus rosenbergi]]'' <small>Mertens, 1957</small>, varano de Rosenberg
* ''[[Varanus rudicollis]]'' <small>(Gray, 1845)</small>, varano cuellirugoso
* ''[[Varanus salvadorii]]'' <small>(Peters & Doria, 1878)</small>, varano de [[Nueva Guinea|Papúa]]
* ''[[Varanus salvator]]'' <small>(Laurenti, 1768)</small>, varano de dos bandas
* ''[[Varanus samarensis]]'' <small>Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010</small>
* ''[[Varanus scalaris]]'' <small>Mertens, 1941</small>, varano arborícola moteado
* ''[[Varanus semiremex]]'' <small>Peters, 1869</small>, varano pardo
* ''[[Varanus semotus]]'' <small>Weijola, Donnellan & Lindqvist, 2016</small>
* ''[[Varanus similis]]'' <small>Mertens, 1958</small>
* ''[[Varanus sparnus]]'' <small>Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan, 2014</small>
* ''[[Varanus spenceri]]'' <small>Lucas & Frost, 1903</small>, varano de Spencer
* ''[[Varanus spinulosus]]'' <small>Mertens, 1941</small>, varano de [[manglar]] de Sta. Isabel
* ''[[Varanus storri]]'' <small>Mertens, 1966</small>, varano enano
* ''[[Varanus telenesetes]]'' <small>Sprackland, 1991</small>, varano arborícola de la [[isla Rossel]]
* ''[[Varanus timorensis]]'' <small>Gray, 1831</small>, varano arborícola moteado
* ''[[Varanus togianus]]'' <small>(Peters, 1872)</small>
* ''[[Varanus tristis]]'' <small>(Schlegel, 1839)</small>, varano de cabeza negra
* ''[[Varanus varius]]'' <small>(White, 1790)</small>, varano arborícola común
* ''[[Varanus yemenensis]]'' <small>Böhme, Joger & Schätti, 1989</small>, varano de [[Yemen]]
* ''[[Varanus yuwonoi]]'' <small>Harvey & Barker, 1998</small>, varano tricolor
* ''[[Varanus zugorum]]'' <small>Böhme & Ziegler, 2005</small>
== Referencias ==
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* Fossilworks. [http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=taxonInfo&is_real_user=1&taxon_no=38035 Varanidae]
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