Varanus sivalensis

Varanus sivalensis, also known as the Indian Dragon,^{[citation needed]} is a species of monitor lizard that originally lived in India in the Pinjor Formation during the Pliocene through the early Pleistocene.^[1] As its name implies, it was broadly comparable in size to the extant Komodo Dragon.

Varanus sivalensis Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene, 5.3–0.04 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Varanidae
Genus:	Varanus
Species:	†V. sivalensis
Binomial name
†Varanus sivalensis Falconer, 1858