Varanus panoptes

Varanus panoptes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Varanoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 Cladus: 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 (Varanus)
Species: Varanus panoptes
Subspecies (3): V. p. panoptes – V. p. horni – V. p. rubidus

Name

Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980: 273 [conserved name]

• Holotype: WAM R44792, collected by L.A. Smith on 9 January 1972.
• Type locality: “Lake Argyle, Western Australia, in 16°03′S, 128°47′E”.
• Placed on the Official List of Specific Name by Opinion 1948 (2000: 63).

Native distribution areas

• Australia: Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland.
• Papua New Guinea: Western Province.
• Indonesia: Papua.

References

Primary references

• Storr, G.M. 1980. The monitor lizards (genus Varanus Merrem, 1820) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(2): 237–293. BHL
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2000. Opinion 1948. Hydrosaurus gouldii Gray, 1838 (currently Varanus gouldii) and Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980 (Reptilia, Squamata): specific names conserved by the designation of a neotype for H. gouldii. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57(1): 63–65. 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. 

Links

• Shea, G., Allison, A., Parker, F., Tallowin, O. & Doughty, P. 2018. IUCN: Varanus panoptes  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T42485740A42485745. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42485740A42485745.en. Accessed on 10 March 2023.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Arguswaran
• English: Yellow-spotted Monitor
• suomi: Argus varaani

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