The Lirung monitor (Varanus lirungensis) is a species of monitor lizards on the Talaud Islands in Indonesia.

[1] It was recently discovered by André Koch, a German scientist from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, during a joint German-Indonesian research project.

Koch stated the discovery was important, "because it illustrates the high diversity of monitor lizards in Indonesia.

"[2] The known Lirung monitor specimen has a total length of about 80 cm.

Its belly is yellow-grey with some darker cross bands.