Varanus kordensis

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 (Hapturosaurus)
Species:

Holotype: MTKD [destroyed during WWII]

Neotype: RMNH 21009, ♀. [designed by De Lisle (2009: 11), but invalid fide Böhme & Koch (2010: 62)]

Type locality: “Mysore (Kordo) [=Biak Island]”, Schouten Archipelago, West Papua, Indonesia.

Monitor kordensis Meyer, 1874: 131 [original combination]
Varanus (Odatria) prasinus kordensis — Mertens, 1942: 169 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) prasinus kordensis — Böhme, 1988: 139 [subsequent combination, subgenus]
Varanus kordensis — Jacobs, 2002 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
Varanus (Hapturosaurus) kordensis — Bucklitsch, Böhme & Koch, 2016: 37 [subsequent combination, subgenus]

Meyer, A.B. 1874. Übersicht über die von mir auf Neu-Guinea und den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahre 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 128–140. BHL
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.
Bucklitsch, Y., Böhme, W. & Koch, A. 2016. Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation. Zootaxa 4153(1): 1–192. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4153.1.1. Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Varanus kordensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 July 2018.
Shea, G., Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. 2016. IUCN: Varanus kordensis (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42485718A42485725. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42485718A42485725.en
Varanus kordensis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Monitor Lizards Net (WebArchieve). Accessed on 11 October 2009.