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Higher TaxaVaranidae, Platynota, Varanoidea, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesVaranus griseus griseus (DAUDIN 1803)
Varanus griseus koniecznyi MERTENS 1954 
Common NamesE: Desert Monitor
G: Wüstenwaran 
SynonymTupinambis griseus DAUDIN 1803: 352
Varanus scincus MERREM 1820: 59
Tupinambis arenarius GEOFFROY 1827: 123
Varanus terrestris SCHINZ 1834: 94
Varanus arenarius — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 471 (?)
Monitor terrestris — CALORI 1857
Monitor terrestris — BRÜHL 1877
Psammosaurus griseus — BRÜHL 1877
Psammosaurus terrestris — RABL-RÜCKHARD 1881
Psammosaurus scincus — BLANFORD 1881
Psammosaurus scincus — BOETTGER 1885
Varanus griseus — BOULENGER 1885: 306
Varanus griseus — BOULENGER 1887: 407
Psammosaurus arabicus HEMPRICH & EHRENBERG 1899
Psammosaurus griseus — SIXTA 1900
Varanus (Psammosaurus) griseus — MERTENS 1942
Varanus griseus griseus — DE LISLE 1996: 127
Varanus griseus griseus — GARDNER 2013
Varanus griseus — ŠMÍD et al. 2014
Varanus (Psammosaurus) griseus — BUCKLITSCH et al. 2016: 50
Varanus griseus — BAR et al. 2021
Varanus griseus — BÖHME et al. 2023

Varanus griseus koniecznyi (MERTENS 1954)
Varanus ornatus CARLLEYLE 1869: 192
Varanus griseus koniecznyi MERTENS 1954: 353
Varanus griseus koniecznyi — DE LISLE 1996: 128
Varanus griseus koniecznyi — KHAN 2003
Varanus griseus konicznyi [sic] — MURTHY 2010
Varanus griseus koniecznyi — HAIDER et al. 2019
Varanus koniecznyi — BÖHME et al. 2023 
Distributiongriseus, with all former subspecies: Turkey (from Urfa) [Eiselt (1970), Böhme (1973)]
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Jordan,
Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan (Jumhūriyyat),
Afghanistan, Iran (incl. Kavir desert), Pakistan, NW India (Gujarat, Punjab)

griseus: Saudi Arabia, Iran; Type locality: Dardsha, coast of the Caspian Sea.

koniecznyi: Pakistan, NW India; Type locality: Korangee, near Karachi, Pakistan.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: lost fide de LISLE 2009: 18; supposedly in MNHN but not located and perhaps never given to MNHN collections (I. Ineich, pers. comm., March 2019).
Holotype: SMF 46784 [koniecznyi]
Holotype: MNHN [Tupinambis arenarius] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Nostril oblique slit, much nearer orbit than end of snout; tail circular in cross-section, or slightly compressed posteriorly; abdominal scales in 110-125 transverse rows (Anderson 1999: 297) 
CommentDistribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. For a detailed distribution map and locality data see BAYLESS (2002). See map in Burriel-Carranza et al. 2019 for map in UAE. For other maps see Bar et al. 2021 and BÖHME et al. 2023: 524 (Fig. 11). 
EtymologyV. g. koniecznyi has been named after the host of R. Mertens in Pakistan, Mr. M. G. Koniecznyi.  
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