Varanus salvator

Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Soterosaurus)
Species:
Subspecies (6): V. s. andamanensis – V. s. bivittatus – V. s. celebensis – V. s. macromaculatus – V. s. salvator – V. s. ziegleri

Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768)

• Holotype (iconotype): specimen described and illustrated by Seba (1735), Tome II, Tab. 86, fig. 2. [lost fide KOch et al. (2007: 129)]
• Neotype: ZFMK 22092, juvenile indet., collected by B. Schulz in March 1978. [designated by Koch et al. (2007: 130).]
• Type locality: “America” (in error), designated to “Ceylon” by Mertens (1959).

• Stellio salvator Laurenti, 1768: 56 [original combination]
• Varanus salvator — Cantor, 1847: 635 [subsequent combination]

• Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page. 

• 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. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Varanus salvator. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 March 2023.
• Quah, E., Lwin, K., Cota, M., Grismer, L., Neang, T., Wogan, G., McGuire, J., Wang, L., Rao, D.-Q., Auliya, M. & Koch, A. 2021. IUCN: Varanus salvator  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T178214A113138439. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178214A113138439.en. Accessed on 10 March 2023.

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