Varanus doreanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Paleoanguimorpha

Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Euprepiosaurus)
Species: Varanus doreanus

Name

• Varanus doreanus (Meyer, 1874)

Holotype: MTKD. [destroyed during WWII]

Neotype: ZFMK 52922, subadult indet. [designated by Böhme, Horn & Ziegler (1994: 134)]

Type locality: “Neu-Guinea (Dore)”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Weibchen, Sarong, Vogelkopfhalbinsel, West-Irian, Neuguinea”, by Böhme, Horn & Ziegler (1994: 134).

Combinations

• Monitor doreanus Meyer, 1874: 130 [original combination]
• Varanus doreanus — Böhme, Horn & Ziegler, 1994: 132 [subsequent combination]
• Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) doreanus — Ziegler, Schmitz, Kock & Böhme, 2007 [name combination, subgenus]

References

Primary references

• Meyer, A.B. 1874. Übersicht über die von mir auf Neu-Guinea und den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahre 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 128–140. BHL

Additional references

• De Lisle, H.F. 2009. Catalog of the genus Varanus (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae) with new designations of a neotype and a lectotype. ZooNova 1: 8–32. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Varanus doreanus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 July 2018.
• Parker, F., Oliver, P. & Tallowin, O. 2016. IUCN: Varanus doreanus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42485703A42485712. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42485703A42485712.en
• Varanus doreanus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Monitor Lizards Net (WebArchieve). Accessed on 11 October 2009.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Blauschwanzwaran
English: Bluetail Monitor