Varanus salvator ziegleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Anguimorpha Parvordo: Paleoanguimorpha

Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Soterosaurus)
Species: Varanus salvator
Subspecies: Varanus salvator ziegleri

Name

Varanus (Soterosaurus) salvator ziegleri Koch & Böhme, 2010

Holotype. SMF 56442, a juvenile from Kali Telaga, Obi Island, Maluku Province, Central Indonesia, collected by A. M. R. Wegner, October 25–31, 1953. The specimen was exchanged with the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB), on Java, in 1957 (Mertens, 1959).

References

Koch, A., Gaulke, M. & Böhme, W. 2010. Unravelling the underestimated diversity of Philippine water monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanus salvator complex), with the description of two new species and a new subspecies. Zootaxa 2446(1): 1–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2446.1.1 Reference page.

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