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Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Hapturosaurus)
Species: Varanus kordensis
Name
- Varanus kordensis (Meyer, 1874)
Holotype: MTKD [destroyed during WWII]
Neotype: RMNH 21009, ♀. [designed by De Lisle (2009: 11), but invalid fide Böhme & Koch (2010: 62)]
Type locality: “Mysore (Kordo) [=Biak Island]”, Schouten Archipelago, West Papua, Indonesia.
Combinations
- Monitor kordensis Meyer, 1874: 131 [original combination]
- Varanus (Odatria) prasinus kordensis — Mertens, 1942: 169 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
- Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) prasinus kordensis — Böhme, 1988: 139 [subsequent combination, subgenus]
- Varanus kordensis — Jacobs, 2002 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
- Varanus (Hapturosaurus) kordensis — Bucklitsch, Böhme & Koch, 2016: 37 [subsequent combination, subgenus]
References
Primary references
- Meyer, A.B. 1874. Übersicht über die von mir auf Neu-Guinea und den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahre 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 128–140. BHL
- 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.
- 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.
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Varanus kordensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 July 2018.
- Shea, G., Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. 2016. IUCN: Varanus kordensis (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42485718A42485725. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42485718A42485725.en
- Varanus kordensis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- Monitor Lizards Net (WebArchieve). Accessed on 11 October 2009.
Vernacular names
English: Biak Emerald Monitor
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