Varanus jobiensis

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

Holotype: ZMB 34106, juvenile indet. collected by G. Stein , on 10 March 1931.

Type locality: “Insel Jopi (Japen)”, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

Varanus indicus jobiensis Ahl, 1932: 892 [original combination, as subspecies]
Varanus jobiensis — Böhme, 1991: 46 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) jobiensis — Ziegler & Böhme, 1997: 14 [name combination, subgenus]

Ahl, E. 1932. Eine neue Eidechse und zwei neue Frösche von der Insel Jobi. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 17: 892–899.

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 jobiensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 July 2018.
Shea, G., Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. 2016. IUCN: Varanus jobiensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T178029A21647160. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T178029A21647160.en
Varanus jobiensis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Monitor Lizards Net (WebArchieve). Accessed on 11 October 2009.

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