Varanus caspius

Varanus caspius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Varanoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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

Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Psammosaurus)
Species: Varanus caspius

Name

Varanus caspius (Eichwald, 1831)

• Holotype: EMKSU fide De Lisle (2009: 18), but storage location remains unknown fide Doronin et al. (2017: 79).
• Type locality: “peninsula Dardsha”, southeastern coast of Capsian Sea, Turkmenistan.

Combinations

• Psammosaurus caspius Eichwald, 1831: 190 [original combination]
• Varanus (Psammosaurus) griseus caspius — Mertens, 1954: 355 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

References

Primary references

• Eichwald, E. 1831. Zoologia specialis, quam expositis animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilibus potissimuni rossiae in universum, et poloniae in specie, in usum lectionum publicarum in Universitate Caesarea Vilnensi. Tome 3. Zawadski: Vilnae. BHL
• Mertens, R. 1954. Die Rassen von Varanus griseus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 35: 353–357.
• Böhme, W., Ahmed, S. H., Al-Sheikhly, O. F., Ararat, K., Auer, M., Khudur, F. A., & Langner, C. 2023. Desert Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus: Psammosaurus) from the Middle East: Further Records of Nesterov’s Desert Monitor, Varanus (P.) nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov et Scholz, 2015, from Iraq, and Adjacent Localities of Varanus (P.) g. griseus (Daudin, 1803) and Varanus (P.) g. caspius (Eichwald, 1831), with Comments on Biogeography and Taxonomy. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 30(6): 518-528. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2023-30-6-518-528

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.