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96 monitor lizard species are accepted answers for “Name a species of monitor lizard”. Louisiade monitor is the rarest species of monitor lizard in this ranking, with 429 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Ceram mangrove monitor is the second-rarest with 467 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.09× the figure for Louisiade monitor. Komodo dragon is the most common species of monitor lizard in this ranking, with 944,370 monthly Wikipedia views, 2,201× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 96 answers: 1,759,653. Louisiade monitor is under 0.1% of that total. 20 answers are Epic or Legendary: Louisiade monitor (Legendary), Ceram mangrove monitor (Legendary), Varanus delcantoi (Legendary), and 17 more.
Quick answer Most common
Komodo dragon
Common
944,370 monthly Wikipedia views
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Rarity 0.000
Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).
Ranked answers 96 answers to “Name a species of monitor lizard”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this
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Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views 1 Louisiade monitor on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 429 2 Ceram mangrove monitor on Wikipedia Legendary 0.989 467 3 Varanus delcantoi on Wikipedia Legendary 0.979 476 4 Tanimbar monitor on Wikipedia Legendary 0.968 532 5 Varanus citrinus on Wikipedia Legendary 0.958 571 6 Lirung monitor on Wikipedia Legendary 0.947 583 7 Varanus insulanicus on Wikipedia Legendary 0.937 594 8 Bogert's monitor on Wikipedia Epic 0.926 618 9 Rennell Island monitor on Wikipedia Epic 0.916 647 10 Northern blunt-spined monitor on Wikipedia Epic 0.905 706 11 Varanus ocreatus on Wikipedia Epic 0.895 729 12 Rusty monitor on Wikipedia Epic 0.884 770 13 Varanus nesterovi on Wikipedia Epic 0.874 782 14 Finsch's monitor on Wikipedia Epic 0.863 851 15 Varanus phosphoros on Wikipedia Epic 0.853 858 16 Mussau Island blue-tailed monitor on Wikipedia Epic 0.837 865 17 Turquoise monitor on Wikipedia Epic 0.837 865 18 Varanus chlorostigma on Wikipedia Epic 0.821 885 19 Varanus umbra on Wikipedia Epic 0.811 935 20 Sago monitor on Wikipedia Epic 0.800 950 21 Varanus dalubhasa on Wikipedia Rare 0.789 982 22 Togian water monitor on Wikipedia Rare 0.779 985 23 Varanus rasmusseni on Wikipedia Rare 0.768 1,014 24 Yemen monitor on Wikipedia Rare 0.758 1,016 25 Varanus rainerguentheri on Wikipedia Rare 0.747 1,060 26 Varanus iridis on Wikipedia Rare 0.737 1,078 27 Bennett's long-tailed monitor on Wikipedia Rare 0.726 1,098 28 Large-scaled water monitor on Wikipedia Rare 0.716 1,117 29 Varanus bangonorum on Wikipedia Rare 0.705 1,124 30 Southern Pilbara rock goanna on Wikipedia Rare 0.695 1,224 31 Canopy goanna on Wikipedia Rare 0.684 1,275 32 Varanus douarrha on Wikipedia Rare 0.674 1,309 33 Pilbara monitor on Wikipedia Rare 0.663 1,352 34 Rusty desert monitor on Wikipedia Rare 0.653 1,374 35 Varanus colei on Wikipedia Rare 0.642 1,405 36 Varanus samarensis on Wikipedia Rare 0.632 1,457 37 Golden-spotted tree monitor on Wikipedia Rare 0.621 1,496 38 Varanus storri on Wikipedia Rare 0.611 1,511 39 Stripe-tailed goanna on Wikipedia Rare 0.600 1,600 40 Varanus telenesetes on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.589 1,677 41 Black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.579 1,693 42 Banded tree monitor on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.568 1,763 43 Varanus similis on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.558 1,825 44 Short-tailed pygmy monitor on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.547 1,846 45 Black-palmed rock monitor on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.537 1,914 46 Pilbara rock monitor on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.526 1,920 47 Panay monitor on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.516 2,335 48 Kings' monitor on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.505 2,389 49 Varanus yuwonoi on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.495 2,395 50 Peacock monitor on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.484 2,438 51 Varanus reisingeri on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.474 2,487 52 Marbled water monitor on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.463 2,628 53 Spencer's goanna on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.453 2,711 54 Varanus kordensis on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.442 2,769 55 Quince monitor on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.432 3,136 56 Mitchell's water monitor on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.421 3,174 57 Varanus hooijeri on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.411 3,281 58 Pygmy mulga monitor on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.400 3,519 59 Peach-throated monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.389 3,615 60 Ornate monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.379 3,677 61 Mariana monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.368 4,044 62 Palawan water monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.358 4,076 63 Varanus spinulosus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.347 4,112 64 Varanus timorensis on Wikipedia Familiar 0.337 4,124 65 Blue-tailed monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.326 4,179 66 Roughneck monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.316 4,625 67 Kimberley rock monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.305 4,722 68 Dumeril's monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.295 5,353 69 Dampier Peninsula monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.284 5,786 70 Yellow monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.274 5,828 71 Black-headed monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.263 6,245 72 Varanus zugorum on Wikipedia Familiar 0.253 6,256 73 Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.242 6,721 74 Yellow-headed water monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.232 6,860 75 Rosenberg's monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.221 6,919 76 Mangrove monitor on Wikipedia Familiar 0.211 7,603 77 Black tree monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.200 8,309 78 Mertens' water monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.189 9,164 79 West African Nile monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.179 9,196 80 Clouded monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.168 9,916 81 Gray's monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.158 12,322 82 Yellow-spotted monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.147 14,035 83 Emerald tree monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.137 14,416 84 Varanus macraei on Wikipedia Common 0.126 15,254 85 Desert monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.116 16,580 86 Spiny-tailed monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.105 17,299 87 Rock monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.095 18,932 88 Sand goanna on Wikipedia Common 0.084 19,710 89 Savannah monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.074 20,418 90 Varanus salvadorii on Wikipedia Common 0.063 34,363 91 Bengal monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.053 49,365 92 Lace monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.042 50,740 93 Perentie on Wikipedia Common 0.032 59,137 94 Nile monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.021 68,202 95 Asian water monitor on Wikipedia Common 0.011 189,690 96 Komodo dragon on Wikipedia Common 0.000 944,370
FAQ What is the rarest species of monitor lizard? Louisiade monitor is the rarest species of monitor lizard in this ranking, with 429 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).
How many species of monitor lizard are there? There are 96 species of monitor lizard in this ranking, from Louisiade monitor (rarest) to Komodo dragon (most common).
What is the most common species of monitor lizard? Komodo dragon is the most common species of monitor lizard in this ranking, with 944,370 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).
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Sources Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.