#monitor_lizard__monitorlizard__monitor__varan  any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles
  supertype:  lizard  relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
  subtype:  African_monitor  Komodo_dragon
  member of:  genus_Varanus__Varanus  type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae
     member of:  family_Varanidae__Varanidae  monitor lizards
        member of:  suborder_Sauria__Sauria__Lacertilia__suborder_Lacertilia  true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
           member of:  order_Squamata__Squamata  diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards
              member of:  subclass_Lepidosauria__Lepidosauria  diapsid reptiles: lizards; snakes; tuataras
                 member of:  class_Reptilia__Reptilia  class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals
                    member of:  subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata  fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
                       member of:  phylum_Chordata__Chordata  comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
                          member of:  kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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