Varanus semotus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Euprepiosaurus)
Species: Varanus semotus
Name
[edit]Holotype: ZMUT Sa176, adult ♀, collected on 30 September 2012.
Type locality: “just north of the village of Nai, 2m elev. Mussau Island, St. Matthias group, Papua New Guinea, latitude -1.525, longitude. 149.749”.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Weijola, V., Donnellan, S.C. & Lindqvist, C. 2016. A new blue-tailed Monitor lizard (Reptilia, Squamata, Varanus) of the Varanus indicus group from Mussau Island, Papua New Guinea. ZooKeys 568: 129–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.568.6872
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Varanus semotus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 March 2018.