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Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Polydaedalus)
Species: Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus
Name
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Syntypes: NRM 119 and possibly NRM 9185.
- Type locality: “Aegypto”.
Combinations
- Lacerta nilotica Linnaeus, 1758: 369 [original combination]
- Varanus niloticus — Fitzinger, 1826: 50 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
References
Primary references
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
- Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1–532. BHL Reference page.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1959. Opinion 540. Protection under the plenary power of the specific names bengalensis Daudin, [1802], as published in the combination Tupinambis bengalensis, and salvator Laurenti 1768, as published in the combination Stellio salvator. pp. 77–86 In Hemming, F. (Ed.). Opinions and Declarations of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Volume 20. Part 7. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. 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. 2022. Varanus niloticus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 June 2022.
- Wilms, T., Wagner, P., Luiselli, L., Branch, W.R., Penner, J., Baha El Din, S., Beraduccii, J., Msuya, C.A., Howell, K. & Ngalason, W. 2021. IUCN: Varanus niloticus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T198539A2531945. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T198539A2531945.en. Accessed on 17 June 2022.
Vernacular names
English: Nile Monitor
español: Varano del Nilo
français: Varan du Nil
日本語: ナイルオオトカゲ
lietuvių: Nilo varanas
Nederlands: Nijlvaraan
polski: Waran nilowy
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