Varanus salvator

Varanus salvator

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 Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Paleoanguimorpha

Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Soterosaurus)
Species: Varanus salvator
Subspecies (6): V. s. andamanensis – V. s. bivittatus – V. s. celebensis – V. s. macromaculatus – V. s. salvator – V. s. ziegleri

Name

Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768)

• Holotype (iconotype): specimen described and illustrated by Seba (1735), Tome II, Tab. 86, fig. 2. [lost fide KOch et al. (2007: 129)]
• Neotype: ZFMK 22092, juvenile indet., collected by B. Schulz in March 1978. [designated by Koch et al. (2007: 130).]
• Type locality: “America” (in error), designated to “Ceylon” by Mertens (1959).

Combinations

• Stellio salvator Laurenti, 1768: 56 [original combination]
• Varanus salvator — Cantor, 1847: 635 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. 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. 2024. Varanus salvator. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 March 2023.
• Quah, E., Lwin, K., Cota, M., Grismer, L., Neang, T., Wogan, G., McGuire, J., Wang, L., Rao, D.-Q., Auliya, M. & Koch, A. 2021. IUCN: Varanus salvator  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T178214A113138439. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178214A113138439.en. Accessed on 10 March 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Bindenwaran
English: Common Water Monitor
日本語: ミズオオトカゲ
ไทย: เหี้ย
中文: 水巨蜥

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