Varanus salvator andamanensis

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 (Soterosaurus)
Species: Varanus (Soterosaurus) salvator
Subspecies: Varanus (Soterosaurus) salvator andamanensis

Name

Varanus (Soterosaurus) salvator andamanensis Deraniyagala, 1944

Type locality: Port Blair, South Andaman Island, Andaman Islands, India

Holotype: ZSIC 2176

References

• Samarasinghe, D.J.S., Koch, A., Harikrishnan, S., Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Chandi, M. 2020. On the taxonomy and distribution of Varanus salvator andamanensis Deraniyagala, 1944 (Reptilia: Varanidae), including a redescription of the type specimens and a discussion about its allopatric co-occurrence with V. s. macromaculatus on the Nicobar Islands. Zootaxa 4743(1): 61–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4743.1.5 Reference page. 

Links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20091026184737/http://www.monitor-lizards.net/species/soterosaurus/salvator.html. Accessed on 11 October 2009.
• Varanus salvator at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 October 2009.
• 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.