Varanus sivalensis Temporal range: Pleistocene,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Varanidae |
Genus: | Varanus |
Species: | †V. sivalensis
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Binomial name | |
†Varanus sivalensis Owen, 1859
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Varanus sivalensis also known as the Indian monitor, Indian Dragon and the mainland Komodo dragon, is a species of monitor lizard that originally lived in India in Pinjor Formation during the Pliocene through the early Pleistocene.