Varanus rosenbergi

Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Varanus)
Species: Varanus rosenbergi
Name
[edit]Varanus rosenbergi Mertens, 1957: 17
- Holotype: WAM R822.
- Type locality: “Monigup Pass, Stirling Range, Western Australia”.
Combinations
[edit]- Varanus gouldii rosenbergi Mertens, 1957: 17 [original combination, as subspecies]
- Varanus rosenbergi — Storr, 1980: 280 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]
Synonyms
[edit]- Pantherosaurus kuringai Wells & Wellington, 1985: 22
- Holotype: AM R116992 (field series no. 16811), collected by B. Parker on 29 March 1978.
- Type locality: “Bobbin Head, Kuringai-Chase National Park, near Sydney, New South Wales”.
Native distribution areas
[edit]- Australia: Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Mertens, R. 1957. Ein neuer melanistischer Waran aus dem südlichen Australien. (V. gouldii rosenbergi, subsp. nov.). Zoologischer Anzeiger 159: 17–20.
- 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
- Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. 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]- Bennett, D., Sweet, S., Sanderson, C., Craig, M., Gaikhorst, G. & Lloyd, R. 2018. IUCN: Varanus rosenbergi (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T178031A101744611. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178031A101744611.en. Accessed on 15 February 2023.
Vernacular names
[edit]- Deutsch: Rosenbergs Waran
- English: Heath Monitor