Varanus semotus

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 (Euprepiosaurus)
Species: Varanus semotus

Name

Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan & Lindqvist, 2016: 133

Holotype: ZMUT Sa176, adult ♀.

Type locality: “just north of the village of Nai, 30 September 2012, 2m elev. Mussau Island, St. Matthias group, Papua New Guinea, latitude -1.525, longitude. 149.749.”

References

Primary references

Weijola, V., Donnellan, S.C. & Lindqvist, C. 2016. A new blue-tailed Monitor lizard (Reptilia, Squamata, Varanus) of the Varanus indicus group from Mussau Island, Papua New Guinea. ZooKeys 568: 129–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.568.6872 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Varanus semotus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 March 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Mussau Monitor

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