Varanus reisingeri

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Varanus reisingeri
Gelbgefleckter Baumwaran (Varanus reisingeri).JPG

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. reisingeri
Binomial name
Varanus reisingeri
& , 2005
Synonyms[2]
  • Varanus reisingeri
    Eidenmüller & Wicker, 2005
  • Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) reisingeri
    — Ziegler et al. 2007
  • Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) prasinus reisingeri
    — et al., 2016

Varanus reisingeri, known commonly as Reisinger's tree monitor and the Yellow tree monitor, is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia. It was at one point at least considered an allopatric insular subspecies of the green tree monitor, due to physical and genetic similarities.[3]

Etymology[]

The specific name, reisingeri, is in honor of , a German naturalist and reptile breeder.[4]

Geographic range[]

Varanus reisingeri is found on the island of Misool in West Papua, Indonesia.[2]

Habitat[]

The natural habitat of V. reisingeri is forest, from sea level to an altitude of 535 m (1,755 ft).[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Allison A, , (2016). "Varanus reisingeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42485766A42485769. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42485766A42485769.en. Downloaded on 08 January 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Species Varanus reisingeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Bucklitsch, Yannick; Böhme, Wolfgang; Koch, André (2016-08-17). "Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation". Zootaxa. 4153 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4153.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Varanus reisingeri, p. 219).

Further reading[]

  • Eidenmüller, Bernd; Wicker, Rudolf (20015) "Eine weitere neue Waranart aus dem Varanus prasinus-Komplex von der Insel Misol, Indonesien ". Sauria 27 (1): 3–8. (Varanus reisingeri, new species). (in German, with an abstract in English).
  • 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 members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups". Zootaxa 1472: 1-28.


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