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Varanus zugorum
| Description | Zugs' monitor (Varanus zugorum), also known as the silver monitor, is a species of monitor lizards found on the island of Halmahera in the Moluccas, in Indonesia. It is currently only known from the vicinity of Jailolo District but its range is likely to be throughout the island. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanus_zugorum, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Varanidae : Varanus : Varanus zugorum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Varanus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanus_zugorum |
References
| Böhme, W. & T. Ziegler (2005) A new monitor lizard from Halmahera, Moluccas, Indonesia (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae).: Salamandra, 41(1/2): 51-59 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Koch A, Arida E, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Ziegler T. (2009) Refining the polytypic species concept of mangrove monitors (Squamata: Varanus indicus group): a new cryptic species from the Talaud Islands, Indonesia, reveals the underestimated diversity of Indo-Australian monitor lizards.: Australian Journal of Zoology 57(1): 29-40 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Koch, Andre´; Thomas Ziegler, Wolfgang Bo¨hme, and Mark Auliya (2013) Pressing Problems: Distribution, Threats, and Conservation Status of the Monitor Lizards (Varanidae: Varanus spp.) of Southeast Asia and the Indo-Australian Archipelago.: Herp. Cons. Biol. 8 (Monograph 3):1 - 62. - via Catalogue of Life |
| Ziegler, T., Schmitz, A., Koch, A. & W. Böhme (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 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Koch, Andre´; Mark Auliya & Thomas Ziegler (2010) Updated checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (Squamata: Varanidae).: Bonn Zool. Bull. 57 (2): 127–136 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Ziegler, Thomas; Wolfgang Böhme, Andreas Schmitz (2007) A new species of the Varanus indicus group (Squamata, Varanidae) from Halmahera Island, Moluccas: morphological and molecular evidence.: Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin 83 (S1): 109-119 - via Catalogue of Life |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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