Varanus niloticus

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 (Polydaedalus)
Species: Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus

Name

Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Syntypes: NRM 119 and possibly NRM 9185.
Type locality: “Aegypto”.

Combinations

Lacerta nilotica Linnaeus, 1758: 369 [original combination]
Varanus niloticus — Fitzinger, 1826: 50 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Lacerta monitor Linnaeus, 1758: 201 [suppressed by Opinion 540 (1959: 79)]
- Type material: unknown.
- Type locality: “Indiis”.
- Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 540 (1959: 79).

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1–532. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1959. Opinion 540. Protection under the plenary power of the specific names bengalensis Daudin, [1802], as published in the combination Tupinambis bengalensis, and salvator Laurenti 1768, as published in the combination Stellio salvator. pp. 77–86 In Hemming, F. (Ed.). Opinions and Declarations of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Volume 20. Part 7. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. BHL Reference page.

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 niloticus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 June 2022.
Wilms, T., Wagner, P., Luiselli, L., Branch, W.R., Penner, J., Baha El Din, S., Beraduccii, J., Msuya, C.A., Howell, K. & Ngalason, W. 2021. IUCN: Varanus niloticus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T198539A2531945. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T198539A2531945.en. Accessed on 17 June 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Nilwaran
English: Nile Monitor
español: Varano del Nilo
français: Varan du Nil
日本語: ナイルオオトカゲ
lietuvių: Nilo varanas
Nederlands: Nijlvaraan
polski: Waran nilowy

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