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Varanus amnhophilis
''Varanus amnhophilis'', the Samos Dragon, is an extinct species of monitor lizard from the Miocene of Greece. It was named in 2012 and placed in its own subgenus, ''Varaneades''. It is only known from a partial skull and several vertebrae, but comparisons with other species of monitor lizard put its size between in length. The fossil was found in the Turolian-age Mytilini Formation on the island of Samos and is currently housed in the American Museum of Natural History.
==Discovery and naming==
''Varanus amnhophilis'' is known from several bone fragments, including the right side of the braincase, a right quadrate bone, part of the palate and skull roof, the right coronoid process and glenoid region of the lower jaw, a piece of the clavicle, and five vertebrae. These bones were found by American paleontologist Barnum Brown, who stored it in the mammal collections of the American Museum of Natural History. The specimen was not identified as a reptile until 2009. It was then that mammal paleontologist Nikos Solounias, who has worked extensively on Samos Island fossils, brought the fossil to the attention of Carl Mehling. Mehling removed the specimen from the fossil mammal collection and cataloged it as AMNH FR (fossil reptile) 30630. The specimen was described in 2012 as a new species of ''Varanus'', and was placed in a new subgenus called ''Varaneades''. The species name ''amnhophilis'' means "lover of lamb", from the Greek αμνόζ (''amnhos'', "lamb") and φιλiζ (''philis'', "a lover of"), as a reference to the diet of the largest living monitor lizards, which often includes sheep-sized (and larger) mammals. The subgenus name ''Varaneades'' comes from the genus name ''Varanus'' and the Neades, mythical beasts from Samos.〔
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