Books.
All books published exclusively or partly on monitor lizards, some dealing only with one species others with all species known to that date are listed here in alphabetical order.
- Auffenberg W (1981) The Behavioral Ecology of the Komodo Monitor. Univ. Press., Gainesville, Florida, 406 pp.
- Auffenberg W (1988) Gray’s Monitor Lizard. Univ. Press., Gainesville, Florida, 419 pp.
- Auffenberg W (1994) The Bengal Monitor. Univ. Press., Gainesville, Florida, 560 pp.
- Auliya M (2006) Taxonomy, Life History and Conservation of Giant Reptiles in West Kalimantan (Indonesia Borneo). Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, Germany, 432 p.
- Bennett D (1995) A Little Book of Monitor Lizards. Publ. Viper Press, Aberdeen, 208 pp.
- Böhme W, Horn HG (1991) Advances in Monitor Research, Mertensiella 2, Bonn, 266 pp.
- Böhme W (2003) Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (family Varanidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 341; 43 pp.
- Burden D (1930) Drachenechsen – Eine Forscherfahrt zu den Waranen auf Komodo. Leipzig, FA Brockhaus, 155 pp.
- de Lisle HF (1996) The Natural History of Monitor Lizards. Krieger Publ. Comp., Malabar, Florida, 201 pp.
- Ellis C (1998) The Land of the Komodo Dragon. Times Edit., Pte Ltd, Singapore, 118 pp.
- Green B, King D (1993) Goanna – The Biology of Varanid Lizards. Australian Natural History Series, New South Wales Univ. Pr., Kensington, 102 pp.
- Horn HG, Bögme W, Krebs U (2007) Advances in Monitor Research III. Mertensiella 16, Rheinbach, 447 pp.
- Huey RB, Pianka ER, Schoener TW (1983) Lizard Ecology. Harvard University Press, New York, 501pp.
- Erdelen W (1998) Conservation, Trade and Sustainable Use of Lizards and Snakes in Indonesia. Mertensiella 9, Rheinbach, 144 pp.
- Mertens R (1942a) Die Familie der Warane (Varanidae). Erster Teil: Allgemeines. Abh. senck. naturf. Ges., Frankfurt a. M., 462: 1-116.
- Mertens R (1942b) Die Familie der Warane (Varanidae). Zweiter Teil: Der Schädel. Abh. senck. naturf. Ges. 465:117-234.
- Mertens R (1942c) Die Familie der Warane (Varanidae). Dritter Teil: Taxonomie. Abh. senck. naturf. Ges., Frankfurt a. M., 466: 235-391.
- Murphy JBM, Ciofi C, de al Panouse C, Walsh T (2002) Komodo Dragons – Biology and Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, USA, 268 pp.
- Pianka ER (1986) Ecology and Natural History of Desert Lizards. Princeton University Press, Princeton. 208pp.
- Pianka ER, King DR (2004) Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indianapolis, USA.
- Schepp U, Kuich-van Endert S, Martens H (2017) Der Handel mit exotischen Reptilien in deutschland am Beispiel der Warane (Familie Varanidae). Naturschutz und Biologische vielfalt, Heft 159, Bundesamt f. Naturschutz, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, 182 pp.
- Surahya S (1989) Komodo – Studi Anatomi dan Kedudukannya Dalam Sistematik Hewan. Gadjah Mada Univ. Press., Yogyakarta, 324 pp.
- Suzuki G (2006) Reptiles & Amphibians Visual Guide – Varanus & Heloderma. Creeper ed., Japan, 160 pp.
- Vincent M, Wilson S (1999) Australian Goannas. New Holland Publ., Australia, 152 pp.
- Ziegler T, Böhme W (1997) Genitalstrukturen und Paarungsbiologie bei squamaten Reptilien, speziell den Platynota, mit Bemerkungen zur Systematik. Mertensiella 8: 207.