Varanus douarrha

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 (Euprepiosaurus)
Species: Varanus douarrha

Name

• Varanus douarrha (Lesson, 1828)

Holotype: lost sensu Brygo (1987).

Neotype: ZMUT Sa185, subadult ♀. [designated by Weijola et al. (2017: 441)]

Type locality: “port Praslin de la Nouvelle-Irlande”, redesigned by neotype designation to “~1 km south of Kumium village on the south-west coast of New Ireland (-4.187° S, 152.690° E)” by Weijola et al. (2017: 441).

Combinations

• Monitor douarrha Lesson, 1830: 53 [original combination]
• Varanus indicus douarrha — Mertens, 1926: 275 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Varanus douarrha — Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan, 2017: 440 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

• Lesson, R.P. 1830. II. Description de quelques reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus. pp. 34-65 in Duperrey, M.L.I. (ed.) Voyage Autour du Monde Execute par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de La Majeste, La Coquille, exécuté Pendant les Annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie. Tome Second. Arthur Bertrand: Paris. BHL
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Varanus douarrha. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 March 2018.

Vernacular names

English: New Ireland Monitor