Varanus timorensis

Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Species:

Varanus timorensis (Gray, 1831)

• Syntypes: MNHN 8278 and 8278A.
• Type locality: “Timor”, Indonesia.

• Gray, J.E. 1831. A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. In: Griffith, E & Pidgeon, E.. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed. Volume the ninth. The class Reptilia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. Whittaker, Treacher and Co.: London. 110 pp. (Appendix) 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. 
• Patschke, M., Böhme, W. & Koch, A. 2015. Integrative Taxonomic Revision of the Varanus timorensis (Gray, 1831) Group (Squamata: Varanidae). Biawak 9(1): 15. Reference page.

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Varanus timorensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 November 2020.
• Arida, E. & Reilly, S. 2021. IUCN: Varanus timorensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T83778959A101752375. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T83778959A101752375.en. Accessed on 30 January 2023.

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