Varanus bogerti

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 (Hapturosaurus)
Species: Varanus bogerti

Name

• Varanus bogerti Mertens, 1950

Holotype: AMNH 41639, adult ♂, collected by R.H. Beck of the Whitney South Sea Expedition in March 1929.

Type locality: “Fergusson (Moratau) Island, D'Entrecasteaux group”, Papua New Guinea.

Combinations

• Varanus prasinus bogerti Mertens, 1950: 3 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Varanus bogerti — Sprackland, 1991: 571 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
• Varanus (Hapturosaurus) bogerti — Bucklitsch, Böhme & Koch, 2016: 37 [subsequent combination, subgenus]

References

Primary references

• Mertens, R. 1950. Notes on some Indo-Australian monitors (Sauria, Varanidae). American Museum Novitates 1456: 1–7. hdl: 2246/4242
• 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. 

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 bogerti. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 July 2018.
• Tallowin, O., Shea, G. & Allison, A. 2016. IUCN: Varanus bogerti  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42485692A42485697. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42485692A42485697.en
• Varanus bogerti – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Monitor Lizards Net (WebArchieve). Accessed on 11 October 2009.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Bogerts Waran, Bogerts Baumwaran
English: Bogert's Monitor, Bogert's Black Tree Monitor
Nederlands: Borgerts varaan