Varanus indicus

Varanus indicus

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 indicus
Subspecies (2): V. i. indicus – V. i. rouxi

Name

• Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802)

Holotype: MNHN. [lost fide Brygoo (1987)]

Neotype: RMNH 40846, collected by F. Kopstein, on May 1922. [designated by Weijola (2015: 139)]

Type locality: “île d'Amboine [=Ambon]”, Moluccas, Indonesia.

Combinations

• Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802: 46 [original combination]
• Monitor indicus — Peters, 1876: 531 [subsequent combination]
• Varanus indicus — Boulenger, 1883: 316 [subsequent combination]
• Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) indicus — Böhme, 1988: 139 [name combination, subgenus]

References

Primary references

• Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Troisième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 452 pp. + pls. XXVI–XLV. 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 indicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 July 2018.
• Bennett, D. & Sweet, S.S. 2010. IUCN: Varanus indicus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178416A7542350. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178416A7542350.en
• Monitor Lizards Net (WebArchieve). Accessed on 11 October 2009.

Vernacular names

ak: Mampam
Deutsch: Pazifikwaran
English: Mangrove Monitor, Mangrove Goanna, Monitor Lizzard
日本語: マングローブオオトカゲ

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