List of largest extant lizards
| Rank | Lizard | Binomial name | Maximum reliable or known mass [kg (lb)] |
Maximum total length [m (ft)] |
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| 1 | Komodo dragon | Varanus komodoensis | 166 (366) (In captive, 81.5 kg (180) in wild caught, excluding stomach contents) | 3.13 (10.27) (In captive, 3.04 m (9,97) in wild caught) |  |
| 2 | Asian water monitor | Varanus salvator | 50 (110) | 3.21 (10.53) |  |
| 3 | Crocodile monitor | Varanus salvadorii | 20 (44.1) | 3.23 (10.6) |  |
| 4 | Black-throated monitor | Varanus albigularis microsticus | 27 (60) | 2.1 (6.89) | .JPG.webp) |
| 5 | Nile monitor | Varanus niloticus | 19 (41.9) (The heviest specimen). Probably larger | 2.42 (8.0) (The longest specimen, The heviest specimen measuring 213 cm in total length)[1] | .jpg.webp) |
| 6 | Perentie | Varanus giganteus | 17 (37.5) (The heviest specimen). Probably larger | 2.44 (8.0) (The longest specimen, The heviest specimen mesuring 193 cm in total length)[1] |  |
| 7 | Lace monitor | Varanus varius | 20 (44.1) | 2.1 (6.89) |  |
| 8 | Blue iguana | Cyclura lewisi | 14 (30.87) | 1.5 (4.91) |  |
| 9 | Galapagos land iguana | Conolophus subcristatus | 13 (28.66) | 1.5 (4.91) |  |
| 10 | Marine iguana | Amblyrhynchus cristatus | 12 (26.46) | 1.4 (4.59) |
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| 11 | Santa Fe land iguana | Conolophus pallidus | 11 (24.55) | 1.2 (3.93) |
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| 12 | Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor | Varanus bitatawa | 10 (22.05) | 2.0 (6.55) | _from_Barangay_Dibuluan%252C_San_Mariano_-_ZooKeys-266-001-g069.jpg.webp) |
| 13 | Green iguana | Iguana iguana | 9.1 (20) | 2.0 (6.55) |
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| 14 | Gray's monitor | Varanus olivaceus | 9 (19.84) | 1.8 (5.9) |
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| 15 | Bengal monitor | Varanus bengalensis | 7.2 (15.87) | 1.75 (5.37) |
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References
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