Varanus varius

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 (Varanus)
Species:

Varanus varius (Shaw, 1790)

Holotype: presumed lost
Type locality: not stated, but presumably from Sydney area, New South Wales, based on activities of collector.

White, J. 1790. Journal of a voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non-descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. J. Debrett: London. 300 pp. + 65 pls. 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.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Varanus varius. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 January 2023.
Venz, M., Wilson, S., Hobson, R. & Sanderson, C. 2018. IUCN: Varanus varius (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T83779090A101752385. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T83779090A101752385.en. Accessed on 11 January 2023.