The northern blunt-spined monitor (''Varanus primordius''), is a species of lizard in the family

Varanidae The Varanidae are a family of lizards in the superfamily Varanoidea within the Anguimorpha group. The family, a group of carnivorous and frugivorous lizards, includes the living genus '' Varanus'' and a number of extinct genera more closely rel ...

. The species is native to Australia's tropical

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...

. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q756992 Reptiles of the Northern Territory Varanus Reptiles described in 1942 Taxa named by Robert Mertens