Varanus rasmusseni

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 (Soterosaurus)
Species: Varanus rasmusseni

Name

Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010: 28

• Holotype: ZMUC R42151 (field number E141), adult ♂, collected by the Noona Dan Expedition on 13 November 1961.
• Type locality: “Tarawakan, north of Batu–Batu, Tawi–Tawi Island, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines”.

References

Primary references

• Koch, A., Gaulke, M. & Böhme, W. 2010. Unravelling the underestimated diversity of Philippine water monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanus salvator complex), with the description of two new species and a new subspecies. Zootaxa 2446(1): 1–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2446.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• del Prado, Y., Kim, P. & Santos, G. 2022. IUCN: Varanus rasmusseni  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T199810A2612560. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199810A2612560.en. Accessed on 22 December 2025.