Spiny-tailed monitor
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The spiny-tailed monitor[2] (Varanus acanthurus), also known as the Australian spiny-tailed monitor, the ridge-tailed monitor[3] the Ackie dwarf monitor, and colloquially simply ackie monitor,[4] is an Australian species of lizard belonging to the genus of monitor lizards (Varanus).
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Varanidae |
Genus: | Varanus |
Subgenus: | Odatria |
Species: | V. acanthurus |
Binomial name | |
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885 | |
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Distribution of the spiny-tailed monitor |
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