Varanus niloticus

Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Polydaedalus)
Species: Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus
Name
[edit]Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Syntypes: NRM 119 and possibly NRM 9185.
- Type locality: “Aegypto”.
Combinations
[edit]- Lacerta nilotica Linnaeus, 1758: 369 [original combination]
- Varanus niloticus — Fitzinger, 1826: 50 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
[edit]- 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).
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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.
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.
Links
[edit]- 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.
Vernacular names
[edit]- Deutsch: Nilwaran
- English: Nile Monitor
- español: Varano del Nilo
- français: Varan du Nil
- 日本語: ナイルオオトカゲ
- lietuvių: Nilo varanas
- Nederlands: Nijlvaraan
- polski: Waran nilowy