Varanus yuwonoi

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 yuwonoi

Name

Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker, 1998: 36

• Holotype: UTA R41281, adult ♀, obtained from local collectors in late July 1996.
• Type locality: “the vicinity of Jailolo, Halmahera Island, Indonesia; 1° N, 127.5° E”.

Combinations

• Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) yuwonoi — Ziegler, Schmitz, Koch & Böhme, 2007 [name combination, subgenus]

References

Primary references

• Harvey, M.B. & Barker, D.G. 1998. A new species of blue-tailed monitor lizard (genus Varanus) from Halmahera Island, Indonesia. Herpetologica 54(1): 34–44. JSTOR

Additional references

• Ziegler, T., Schmitz, A., Koch, A. & W. Böhme 2007. A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups. Zootaxa 1472: 1–28. Abstract & excerpt.
• Koch A, Arida E, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Ziegler T. 2009. Refining the polytypic species concept of mangrove monitors (Squamata: Varanus indicus group): a new cryptic species from the Talaud Islands, Indonesia, reveals the underestimated diversity of Indo-Australian monitor lizards. Australian Journal of Zoology 57(1): 29–40.
• 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 yuwonoi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 July 2018.
• Varanus yuwonoi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Monitor Lizards Net (WebArchieve). Accessed on 11 October 2009.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Dreifarbwaran
English: Tri Color Monitor