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Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Hapturosaurus)
Species: Varanus beccarii
Name
- Varanus beccarii (Doria, 1874)
Syntypes: ZMB 7993, MSNG 28723.
Type locality: “Wokam”, Aru Islands, Indonesia.
Combinations
- Monitor beccarii Doria, 1874: 331 [original combination]
- Monitor kordensis beccarii — De Rooij, 1912: 152 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
- Varanus (Odatria) prasinus beccarii — Mertens, 1942: 170 [subsequent combination]
- Varanus beccarii — Sprackland, 1991: 572 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
- Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) beccarii — Ziegler, Schmitz & Böhme, 2007: 15 [subsequent combination, subgenus]
- Varanus (Hapturosaurus) beccarii — Bucklitsch, Böhme & Koch, 2016: 37 [subsequent combination, subgenus]
References
Primary references
- Doria, G. 1874. Enumerazione dei rettili raccolti dal Dott. O. Beccari in Amboina alle Isole Aru ed alle Isole Kei durante gli anni 1872-73. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 6: 325–357.
- Bucklitsch, Y., Böhme, W. & Koch, A. 2016. Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation. Zootaxa 4153(1): 1–192. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4153.1.1. 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 beccarii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 July 2018.
- Shea, G., Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. 2016. IUCN: Varanus beccarii (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42485677A42485686. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42485677A42485686.en
- Varanus beccarii – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- Monitor Lizards Net (WebArchieve). Accessed on 11 October 2009.
Vernacular names
English: Black Tree Monitor
français: Varan noir
日本語: クロホソオオトカゲ
Nederlands: Zwarte boomvaraan
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