Varanus ornatus

Varanus ornatus

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Navigazione: Paleoanguimorpha

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

Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Polydaedalus)
Species: Varanus ornatus

Nome

• Varanus ornatus (Daudin, 1803)

Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.7471.

Type location: “Malimbe”, Cameroon.

Combinations

• Tupinambis ornatus Daudin, 1803: 307 [original combination]
• Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus ornatus — Mertens, 1942: 177 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Varanus (Polydaedalus) ornatus — Böhme & Ziegler, 1997: 161 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Riferimenti

Primary references

• Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Huitième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 439 pp. + plates LCIII–C. BHL Reference page. 

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. 

Collegamenti

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Varanus ornatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 August 2018.
• Varanus ornatus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Monitor Lizards Net (WebArchieve). Accessed on 13 October 2009.

Nomi comuni

Deutsch: Regenwald-Nilwaran
English: Ornate Monitor

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