Varanus bengalensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Varanoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Paleoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Varanoidea

Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802) [conserved name]

Lectotype: MNHN-RA 2179.
Type locality: “Surinam” (in error).
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 540 (1959: 79).

Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Troisième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 452 pp. + pls. XXVI–XLV. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1959. Opinion 540. Protection under the plenary power of the specific names bengalensis Daudin, [1802], as published in the combination Tupinambis bengalensis, and salvator Laurenti 1768, as published in the combination Stellio salvator. pp. 77–86 In Hemming, F. (Ed.). Opinions and Declarations of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Volume 20. Part 7. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature: London. BHL 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.
Singh, A., Rana, B.S., Thakur, M., Tripathy, B., Sharma, L.K. & Chandra, K. 2020. Range extension of the Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis) for the Trans-Himalayan Region with an altitude record for monitor lizards. Zootaxa 4732(2): 337–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4732.2.10 Reference page.

Cota, M., Stuart, B.L., Grismer, L., Quah, E., Panitvong, N., Neang, T., Nguyen, N.S., Wogan, G., Lwin, K., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Vijayakumar, S.P., Ramesh, M., Ganesan, S.R., Madala, M., Sreekar, R., Rao, D.-Q., Thakur, S., Mohapatra, P. & Vyas, R. 2021. IUCN: Varanus bengalensis (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T164579A1058949. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T164579A1058949.en. Accessed on 26 February 2026.