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title: "Varano Nebuloso"
description: "Varanus nebulosus — Reptiles. The clouded monitor (Varanus nebulosus) is a species of monitor lizard, native to Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, Vietnam, to West Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, and Java."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/clouded-monitor
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Varano Nebuloso

> Varanus nebulosus — Reptiles. The clouded monitor (Varanus nebulosus) is a species of monitor lizard, native to Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, Vietnam, to West Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, and Java.

- Scientific name: *Varanus nebulosus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 6866
- Wikidata: [Q2714853](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2714853)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39435](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39435)

## Names

- en: Clouded Monitor
- de: Nebelwaran
- es: Varano Nebuloso
- fr: Varan nébuleux
- nl: Clouded Monitor

## Countries with the most observations

SG (4015), MY (1404), TH (842), VN (206), KH (37), ID (15), LA (7), MM (7), CN (3)

## Summary

The clouded monitor (Varanus nebulosus) is a species of monitor lizard, native to Myanmar, Thailand and Laos, Vietnam, to West Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, and Java. They are excellent tree climbers.  It belongs to the subgenus Empagusia along with the Bengal monitor, the Dumeril's monitor and other monitor lizards. It had previously been listed as a subspecies of Bengal monitor by some herpetologists. It is a diurnal monitor.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clouded_monitor

## Photo

![Varano Nebuloso](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/clouded-monitor/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18353327

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/clouded-monitor?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).