Varanus mertensi

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 mertensi Glauert, 1951: 14

Holotype: WAM R5819, collected by Mr. H.W. Hall, who presented it to the W.A. Museum on 20 February 1936.
Type locality: “Moola Bulla Cattle Station, near Halls Creek, East Kimberley”, Western Australia.

Varanus bulliwallah Worrell, 1956: 201
- Holotype: AM R14810.
- Type locality: “Bulliwallah Station, on the Belyando River in Queensland”, Australia.

Glauert, L. 1951. A new Varanus from East Kimberley, Varanus mertensi sp. n. Western Australian Naturalist 3: 14–16. BHL
Worrell, E. 1956. A new water-monitor from northern Australia. Australian Zoologist 12: 201–202.

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.

Shea, G., Woinarski, J.C.Z., Macdonald, S.M & Cogger, H. 2018. IUCN: Varanus mertensi (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T83778246A101752340. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T83778246A101752340.en. Accessed on 22 February 2026.