Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc, 1972)
Sinon.: Regenia ocellatus; Uaranus ocellatus; Tupinambis exanthematicus; Lacerta exanthematica Bosc, 1872; Varanus ocellatus Heyden, 1830; Monitor exanthematicus Peters, 1870; Varanus (Empagusia) exanthematicus
Refs: Gray, 1845; Bocage, 1867, 1896; Tornier, 1901; Ferreira, 1902, 1903; Boulenger, 1906; Nieden, 1913; Chabanaud, 1917; Monard, 1937; Mertens, 1938; Laurent, 1954, 1964; Grandison, 1956; Perret & Mertens, 1957; Papenfuss, 1969; Cissé & Karns, 1978; Miles et al., 1978; Welch, 1982; Joger, 1982; Le Berre, 1984; Crawford-Cabral & Mesquitela, 1989
Distr.: África.

Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Sinon. Lacerta monitor; Stellio saurus; Varanus saurus; Lacerta nilotica; Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus
Refs: Gray, 1845; Bocage, 1866, , 1867, 1879, 1886, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1903; Ferreira, 1900, 1903; Tornier, 1901, 1902; Ferreira, 1902; Boulenger, 1906; Chabanaud, 1921; Andersson, 1937; Monard, 1937, 1938, 1940; Laurent, 1952, 1954, 1964; Grandison, 1956; Hellmich, 1957; Condamin & Villiers, 1962; Manaças, 1963; Papenfuss, 1969; Cissé & Karns, 1978; Miles et al., 1978; Joger, 1981, 1982; Welch, 1982; Branch & Braack, 1987; Capula, 1994
Distr.:. Larga em toda a África, exceptuando NW. Senegal, Gâmbia, Guiné-Bissau, Guiné, Libéria, Mali, Togo, Nigéria, Camarões, Egipto, Fernando Pó.