Varanus keithhornei

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

Varanus keithhornei (Wells & Wellington, 1985)

Holotype: QM J31566.

Type locality: “Buthen Buthen, Nesbit River, Cape York Peninsula, Australia”.

Odatria keithhornei Wells & Wellington, 1985: 21 [original combination]
Varanus keithhornei — Bennett, 1997: 208 [subsequent combination]
Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) keithhornei — Ziegler & Böhme, 1997: 14 [subsequent combination, subgenus]
Varanus (Hapturosaurus) keithhornei — Bucklitsch, Böhme & Koch, 2016: 37 [subsequent combination, subgenus]

Varanus teriae Sprackland, 1991: 570 [synonymized by Ziegler & Böhme (1997)]
- Holotype: QM J31566.
- Type locality: “Buthen Buthen, Nesbit River, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia”.

Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page.
Sprackland, R.G. 1991. Taxonomic review of the Varanus prasinus group with descriptions of two new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30(3): 561–576.
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.

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.

Deutsch: Australischer Baumwaran
English: Canopy Goanna, Nesbit River Monitor

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