#1647 · 🦎 reptiles
Lace Monitor
🇳🇱 Bonte varaan ·Varanus varius
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what is it?
The lace monitor or lace goanna ( Varanus varius ) is a member of the monitor lizard family, Australian members of which are commonly known as goannas. It belongs to the subgenus Varanus .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 17,680 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John White in 1790 (236 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Lace Monitor
- Nederlands
- Bonte varaan
- scientific name
- Varanus varius
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Varanidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 17,680
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1790 by John White
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Varanidae
#1629 📷 10Common Water Monitor
🇳🇱 Watervaraan
Varanus salvator
LC 🌍 31.1k seen
#1725 📷 9Nile Monitor
🇳🇱 Nijlvaraan
Varanus niloticus
LC 🌍 7.2k seen
#1729 📷 10Clouded Monitor
🇳🇱 Nevelvaraan
Varanus nebulosus
🌍 7.1k seen
#1774 📷 8Bengal Monitor
🇳🇱 Bengaalse Varaan
Varanus bengalensis
NT 🌍 5.3k seen
#1832 📷 7Komodo Dragon
🇳🇱 Komodovaraan
Varanus komodoensis
EN 🌍 2.8k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 39469, Wikidata Q924941, GBIF 2470715, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.