Varanus (Euprepiosaurus)
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Euprepiosaurus)
Species (16): V. (E.) caerulivirens – V. (E.) cerambonensis – V. (E.) doreanus – V. (E.) douarrha – V. (E.) finschi – V. (E.) indicus – V. (E.) jobiensis – V. (E.) juxtindicus – V. (E.) lirungensis – V. (E.) melinus – V. (E.) obor – V. (E.) rainerguentheri – V. (E.) reisingeri – V. (E.) semotus – V. (E.) yuwonoi – V. (E.) zugorum
Name
editVaranus (Euprepiosaurus) Fitzinger, 1843: 19
- Type species: Varanus chlorostigma Duméril & Bibron, 1836 (in error) [=Tubinambis indicus Daudin, 1802], by original designation.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Pianka, E.R., King, D. & King, R.A. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253343666 ISBN 978-0253343666
- Weijola, V.S-Å. & Sweet, S.S. 2010. A new melanistic species of monitor lizard (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae) from Sanana Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2434: 17–32. Preview. Reference page.
- Bucklitsch, Y., Böhme, W. & Koch, A. 2016. Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation. Zootaxa 4153(1): 1–192. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4153.1.1. Reference page.
- Weijola, V., Kraus, F., Vahtera, V., Lindqvist, C. & Donnellan, S.C. 2017. Reinstatement of Varanus douarrha Lesson, 1830 as a valid species with comments on the zoogeography of monitor lizards (Squamata:Varanidae) in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 64(6): 434-451. DOI: 10.1071/ZO16038 Reference page.