Varanus
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Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenera: V. (Empagusia) - V. (Euprepiosaurus) - V. (Odatria) - V. (Papusaurus) - V. (Philippinosaurus) - V. (Polydaedalus) - V. (Psammosaurus) - V. (Soterosaurus) - V. (Varanus)
Overview of species: V. auffenbergi - V. baritji - V. beccarii - V. boehmei - V. bogerti - V. brevicauda - V. bushi - V. caudolineatus - V. doreanus - V. eremius - V. exanthematicus - V. finschi - V. flavescens - V. giganteus - V. gilleni - V. glauerti - V. glebopalma - V. jobiensis - V. juxtindicus - V. keithhornei - V. kingorum - V. kordensis - V. lirungensis - V. mabitang - V. macraei - V. melinus - V. mertensi - V. mitchelli - V. nebulosus - V. niloticus - V. olivaceus - V. ornatus - V. pilbarensis - V. primordius - V. rosenbergi - V. rudicollis - V. salvadorii - V. scalaris - V. semiremex - V. similis - V. spenceri - V. spinulosus - V. telenesetes - V. timorensis - V. varius - V. yuwonoi
†V. bolkayi - †V. dirus - †V. emeritus - †V. hofmanni - †V. hooijeri - †V. lungui - †V. marathonensis - †V. pronini - †V. rusingensis - †V. semjonovi - †V. sivalensis - †V. tyrasiensis ...
[edit] Name
Varanus (Merrem, 1820)
[edit] Synonyms
- Megalania (Owen 1860)
[edit] Vernacular names
Deutsch: Warane
English: Monitor Lizards
Français: Varans
Nederlands: Varanen
日本語: オオトカゲ属
Norsk (bokmål): Varaner
Polski: waranowate
Suomi: Varaanit
Svenska: Varaner
ไทย: ตะกวด, เหี้ย, แลน
[edit] References
- Böhme, W.; Koch, A. 2010: On the type selection and re-typification of two monitor lizard taxa (Squamata: Varanidae): Monitor bivittatus celebensis Schlegel, 1844 and Monitor kordensis Meyer, 1874; with some comments and corrections on other name-bearing type specimens. Zootaxa, 2440: 60–68. Preview
- 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.
- http://www.monitor-lizards.net/species/. Accessed on 11 October 2009.
- Eric R. Pianka,Dennis King,Ruth Allen King: Varanoid lizards of the world, Indiana University Press, ISBN-10: 0253343666, ISBN-13: 978-0253343666, p. 6, 36-59
