Bogert's monitor

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Bogert's monitor

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Hapturosaurus
Species:
V. bogerti
Binomial name
Varanus bogerti
Mertens, 1950
Synonyms[2]
  • Varanus prasinus bogerti
    Mertens, 1950
  • Varanus bogerti
    — , 1991
  • Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) bogerti
    — Ziegler et al., 2007
  • Varanus (Hapturosaurus) bogerti
    — et al., 2016

Bogert's monitor (Varanus bogerti) is a species of tree-dwelling lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is native to Papua New Guinea.[1]

Etymology[]

Both the specific name, bogerti, and the common name, Bogert's monitor, are in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert.[3]

Geographic range[]

V. bogerti is found on the D'Entrecasteaux Islands and the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea.[2]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitat of V. bogerti is forest at altitudes from sea level to 400 m (1,300 ft).[1]

Reproduction[]

V. bogerti is an oviparous species.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c , , Allison A (2016). "Varanus bogerti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T42485692A42485697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42485692A42485697.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Species Varanus bogerti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Varanus bogerti, p. 30).

Further reading[]

  • , , , Kraus F (2014). "New data on the rare Varanus bogerti Mertens, 1950 and V. telenesetes , 1991 (Squamata: Varanidae), two endemic monitor lizard taxa from island groups off southeastern New Guinea". Herpetological Journal 24 (2): 111–122.
  • Mertens R (1950). "Notes on some Indo-Australian monitors (Sauria, Varanidae)". American Museum Novitates (1456): 1–7. (Varanus prasinus bogerti, new subspecies, pp. 3–6, Figure 1),
  • Ziegler T, Schmitz A, , Böhme W (2007). "A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups". Zootaxa 1472: 1-28.



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