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Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Euprepiosaurus)
Species: Varanus indicus
Subspecies (2): V. i. indicus – V. i. rouxi
Name
- Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802)
Holotype: MNHN. [lost fide Brygoo (1987)]
Neotype: RMNH 40846, collected by F. Kopstein, on May 1922. [designated by Weijola (2015: 139)]
Type locality: “île d'Amboine [=Ambon]”, Moluccas, Indonesia.
Combinations
- Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802: 46 [original combination]
- Monitor indicus — Peters, 1876: 531 [subsequent combination]
- Varanus indicus — Boulenger, 1883: 316 [subsequent combination]
- Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) indicus — Böhme, 1988: 139 [name combination, subgenus]
References
Primary references
- Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Troisième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 452 pp. + pls. XXVI–XLV. 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 indicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 July 2018.
- Bennett, D. & Sweet, S.S. 2010. IUCN: Varanus indicus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178416A7542350. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178416A7542350.en
- Monitor Lizards Net (WebArchieve). Accessed on 11 October 2009.
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Pazifikwaran
English: Mangrove Monitor, Mangrove Goanna, Monitor Lizzard
日本語: マングローブオオトカゲ
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