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title: "Yellow-spotted Monitor"
description: "Varanus panoptes — Reptielen. The yellow-spotted monitor (Varanus panoptes), also known as the Argus monitor, is a monitor lizard found in northern and western regions of Australia and southern New Guinea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yellow-spotted-monitor
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Yellow-spotted Monitor

> Varanus panoptes — Reptielen. The yellow-spotted monitor (Varanus panoptes), also known as the Argus monitor, is a monitor lizard found in northern and western regions of Australia and southern New Guinea.

- Scientific name: *Varanus panoptes*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 2743
- Wikidata: [Q652309](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652309)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39409](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39409)

## Names

- en: Yellow-spotted Monitor
- de: Arguswaran
- es: Varano de motas amarillas
- fr: Varan des sables

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2629)

## Summary

The yellow-spotted monitor (Varanus panoptes), also known as the Argus monitor, is a monitor lizard found in northern and western regions of Australia and southern New Guinea.

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

## Photo

![Yellow-spotted Monitor](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-spotted-monitor/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stuart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/347416097

## Machine access

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