Varanus salvadorii

Varanus salvadorii

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 (Papusaurus)
Species: Varanus salvadorii

Name

Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria, 1878)

• Holotype: MSNG 28726, collected by O. Beccari between 1872–1876.
• Type locality: “Dorei, Nova Guinea borealis” [=Manokwari, West Papua Province, Indonesia].

Combinations

• Monitor salvadorii Peters & Doria, 1878: 337 [original combination]
• Varanus salvadorii — Boulenger, 1885: 314 [subsequent combination]
• Varanus (Varanus) salvadorii — Mertens, 1942: 164 [subsequent combination, subgenus]
• Varanus (Papusaurus) salvadorii — Mertens, 1962: 332 [subsequent combination, subgenus]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. & Doria, G. 1878. Catalogo dei retilli e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Alberts e A. A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese (In Italian). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 323–450. 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 salvadorii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 July 2018.
• Shea, G., Allison, A., Parker, F., O'Shea, M. & Tallowin, O. 2016. IUCN: Varanus salvadorii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42485775A42485784. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42485775A42485784.en
• Monitor Lizards Net (WebArchieve). Accessed on 12 October 2009.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Papuawaran
English: Papua Monitor
italiano: Varano di Salvadori
日本語: ハナブトオオトカゲ
polski: Waran papuaski

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