Golden-spotted tree monitor

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Golden-spotted tree monitor
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Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Hapturosaurus
Species:
V. boehmei
Binomial name
Varanus boehmei
, 2003
Synonyms[2]
  • Varanus boehmei
    Jacobs, 2003
  • Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) boehmei
    — Ziegler et al., 2007
  • Varanus (Hapturosaurus) boehmei
    — et al., 2016

The golden-spotted tree monitor (Varanus boehmei), also known commonly as the golden speckled tree monitor, is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Waigeo Island in Indonesia.

Etymology[]

The specific name, boehmei, is in honor of German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme.[3]

Geographic range and habitat[]

V. boehmei is native to the forests of Waigeo, Indonesia.

Behavior[]

The golden-spotted tree monitor has a prehensile tail, and it spends most of its life in trees.[4]

Description[]

V. boehmei grows to around 1 m (3.3 ft) in total length (including tail).[4]

Reproduction[]

V. boehmei is oviparous.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Allison A, , (2016). "Varanus boehmei ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T178267A21646951.en. Downloaded on 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Species Varanus boehmei 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 boehmei, p. 30).
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Varanus boehmei at Monitor-lizards.net". Archived from the original on 2010-05-19.

Further reading[]

  • , Böhme W, (2016). "Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation". Zootaxa 4153: 001-192.
  • (2003). "A further new emerald tree monitor lizard of the Varanus prasinus species group from Waigeo, West Irian (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae)". Salamandra 39 (2): 65–74. (Varanus boehmei, new species).
  • Ziegler T, Schmitz A, Koch 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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