Varanus beccarii

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

Syntypes: ZMB 7993, MSNG 28723.

Type locality: “Wokam”, Aru Islands, Indonesia.

Monitor beccarii Doria, 1874: 331 [original combination]
Monitor kordensis beccarii — De Rooij, 1912: 152 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Varanus (Odatria) prasinus beccarii — Mertens, 1942: 170 [subsequent combination]
Varanus beccarii — Sprackland, 1991: 572 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) beccarii — Ziegler, Schmitz & Böhme, 2007: 15 [subsequent combination, subgenus]
Varanus (Hapturosaurus) beccarii — Bucklitsch, Böhme & Koch, 2016: 37 [subsequent combination, subgenus]

Doria, G. 1874. Enumerazione dei rettili raccolti dal Dott. O. Beccari in Amboina alle Isole Aru ed alle Isole Kei durante gli anni 1872-73. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 6: 325–357.
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.

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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Varanus beccarii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 July 2018.
Shea, G., Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. 2016. IUCN: Varanus beccarii (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42485677A42485686. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42485677A42485686.en
Varanus beccarii – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Monitor Lizards Net (WebArchieve). Accessed on 11 October 2009.

Deutsch: Schwarzer Baumwaran
English: Black Tree Monitor
français: Varan noir
日本語: クロホソオオトカゲ
Nederlands: Zwarte boomvaraan

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