Varanus sparnus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Varanoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Paleoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Varanoidea

Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Odatria)
Species: Varanus sparnus

Name

Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan, 2014: 132

• Holotype: WAM R168486, adult ♂, collected by R.J. Teale and G. Harold on 10 March 2009.
• Type locality: “Australia: Western Australia: ... Coloumb Point, Dampier Peninsula (-17.5736°, 122.1694°)”.

References

Primary references

• Doughty, P., Kealley, L., Fitch, A. & Donnellan, S.C. 2014. A new diminutive species of Varanus from the Dampier Peninsula, western Kimberley region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 29: 128–140. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.29(2).2014.128-140 ; BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Dampier Peninsula Goanna