Varanus indicus

Varanus indicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Anguimorpha
Infraordo: Paleoanguimorpha

Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Euprepiosaurus)
Species:
Subspecies (2): V. i. indicus – V. i. rouxi

Name

  • Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802)

Holotype: MNHN. [lost fide Brygoo (1987)]

Neotype: RMNH 40846, collected by F. Kopstein, on May 1922. [designated by Weijola (2015: 139)]

Type locality: “île d'Amboine [=Ambon]”, Moluccas, Indonesia.

Combinations

  • Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802: 46 [original combination]
  • Monitor indicus — Peters, 1876: 531 [subsequent combination]
  • Varanus indicus — Boulenger, 1883: 316 [subsequent combination]
  • Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) indicus — Böhme, 1988: 139 [name combination, subgenus]

References

Primary references

  • Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Troisième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 452 pp. + pls. XXVI–XLV. 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. 

Vernacular names

  • Akan: Mampam
  • Deutsch: Pazifikwaran
  • English: Mangrove Monitor, Mangrove Goanna, Monitor Lizzard
  • 日本語: マングローブオオトカゲ
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