Varanus salvadorii

Taxonavigation

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 (Papusaurus)
Species: Varanus salvadorii

Name

Holotype: MSNG 28726, collected by Beccari.

Type location: “Dorei, Nova Guinea borealis” [=Manokwari, Irian Jaya, Indonesia].

Comnbinations

  • Monitor salvadorii Peters & Doria, 1878: 337 [original combination]
  • Varanus salvadorii — Boulenger, 1885: 314 [subsequent combination]
  • Varanus (Varanus) salvadorii — Mertens, 1942: 164 [subsequent combination, subgenus]
  • Varanus (Papusaurus) salvadorii — Mertens, 1962: 332 [subsequent combination, subgenus]

References

Primary references

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

Deutsch: Papuawaran
English: Papua monitor
italiano: Varano di Salvadori
日本語: ハナブトオオトカゲ
polski: waran papuaski
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