The northern blunt-spined monitor (''Varanus primordius''), is a species of

lizard Lizard is the common name used for all Squamata, squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most Island#Oceanic isla ...

in the family

Varanidae The Varanidae are a family of lizards in the superfamily Varanoidea and order Anguimorpha. The family, a group of carnivorous and frugivorous lizards, includes the living genus '' Varanus'' and a number of extinct genera more closely related ...

. The species is native to Australia's tropical

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. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

References

Reptiles of the Northern Territory Varanus Reptiles described in 1942 Taxa named by Robert Mertens {{Lizard-stub