爬虫学家罗伯特·默滕斯后来提出，巨蜥属可能起源于这个群岛。
Herpetologist Robert Mertens later argued that Varanus probably originated in the archipelago.
由于现存的大多数物种生活在澳大利亚，早期的研究人员得出结论，巨蜥属起源于澳大利亚，随后沿着印澳群岛向西跳跃。
Because most existing species live in Australia, early researchers concluded that Varanus originated in Australia and subsequently island hopped westward along the Indo-Australian archipelago.
它较巨蠕蚓类中环毛蚓属的分布区域大。
It inhabits a larger area than the megascolecid genus Pheretinca.
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