Varanus timorensis auffenbergi

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Varanoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Odatria)
Species: Varanus timorensis
Subspecies: Varanus timorensis auffenbergi
Name
[edit]Varanus timorensis auffenbergi Sprackland, 1999
- Holotype: AMNH 143812, adult ♀, imported via pet trade in 1996.
- Type locality:: “Roti Island, [west of Timor,] Indonesia”.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Sprackland, R.G. 1999. New species of monitor (Squamata: Varanidae) from Indonesia. Reptile Hobbyist 4(6): 20–27. Reference page.
- Patschke, M., Koch, A., Schmitz, A. & Böhme, W. 2025. Revised Taxonomy of the Varanus (Odatria) timorensis Species Complex (Squamata: Varanidae) from the Timor Archipelago: Two New Microendemic Taxa from the Islands of Kisar and Ndao. Russian Journal of Herpetology 32(4): 256–272. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2025-32-4-256-272
Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- 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.
Vernacular names
[edit]- Deutsch: Auffenbergs Waran
- English: Peacock Monitor
- 日本語: クジャクオオトカゲ, ピーコックモニター