Varanus salvator

Taxonavigation

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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 (Soterosaurus)
Species: Varanus salvator
Subspecies (6): V. s. andamanensis – V. s. bivittatus – V. s. celebensis – V. s. macromaculatus – V. s. salvator – V. s. ziegleri

Name

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Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768)

  • Holotype (iconotype): specimen described and illustrated by Seba (1735), Tome II, Tab. 86, fig. 2. [lost fide KOch et al. (2007: 129)]
  • Neotype: ZFMK 22092, juvenile indet., collected by B. Schulz in March 1978. [designated by Koch et al. (2007: 130).]
  • Type locality: “America” (in error), designated to “Ceylon” by Mertens (1959).

Combinations

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  • Stellio salvator Laurenti, 1768: 56 [original combination]
  • Varanus salvatorCantor, 1847: 635 [subsequent combination]

References

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Primary references

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  • Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page

Additional references

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Vernacular names

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Deutsch: Bindenwaran
English: Common Water Monitor
日本語: ミズオオトカゲ
ไทย: เหี้ย
中文: 水巨蜥
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