Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus

Taxonavigation

Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus

Taxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata, Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Paleoanguimorpha

Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Polydaedalus)
Species: Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus

Name

Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Type locality: Egypt

Syntypes: NHRM 119 and NHRM 9185

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Nilwaran
English: Nile Monitor
español: Varano del Nilo
français: Varan du Nil
日本語: ナイルオオトカゲ
lietuvių: Nilo varanas
Nederlands: Nijlvaraan
polski: Waran nilowy

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20121025093946/http://www.monitor-lizards.net/species/polydaedalus/niloticus.html. Accessed on 13 October 2009.
Varanus niloticus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 October 2009.
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.

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