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, Toxicofera
Subordo: Anguimorpha
Infraordo: Paleoanguimorpha

Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Psammosaurus)
Species: Varanus griseus
Subspecies: Varanus griseus caspius

Name

  • Varanus griseus caspius (Eichwald, 1831)

Holotype: EMKSU fide De Lisle (2009: 18), but storage location remains unknown fide Doronin et al. (2017: 79).

Type locality: “peninsula Dardsha”, southeastern coast of Capsian Sea, Turkmenistan.

Combinations

  • Psammosaurus caspius Eichwald, 1831: 190 [original combination]
  • Varanus (Psammosaurus) griseus caspius — Mertens, 1954: 355 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

References

Primary references

  • Eichwald, E. 1831. Zoologia specialis, quam expositis animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilibus potissimuni rossiae in universum, et poloniae in specie, in usum lectionum publicarum in Universitate Caesarea Vilnensi. Tome 3. Zawadski: Vilnae. BHL
  • Mertens, R. 1954. Die Rassen von Varanus griseus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 35: 353–357.

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. 
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