Varanus niloticus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Paleoanguimorpha

Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Lacerta monitor Linnaeus, 1758: 201 [suppressed by Opinion 540 (1959: 79)]
- Type material: unknown.
- Type locality: “Indiis”.
- Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 540 (1959: 79).

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 201 BHL Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (Regnum Animale). Editio duodecima (12th Ed.), reformata. Tomus 1 (Volume 1), Pars 1 (Part 1): 1–532. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. p.369 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.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Varanus niloticus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 June 2022.
Wilms, T., Wagner, P., Luiselli, L., Branch, W.R., Penner, J., Baha El Din, S., Beraduccii, J., Msuya, C.A., Howell, K. & Ngalason, W. 2021. IUCN: Varanus niloticus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T198539A2531945. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T198539A2531945.en. Accessed on 17 June 2022.