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Ridge-tailed Monitor
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  order Squamata - lizards and snakes »  family Varanidae - monitor lizards »  genus Varanus »  subgenus Odatria

Scientific synonyms

Odatria acanthurus

Other names

= Ridgetail Monitor

Images


juvenile animal

Varanus acanthurus - Ridge-tailed Monitor

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Varanus acanthurus - Ridge-tailed Monitor

Author: Klaus Rudloff
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Included taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Varanus acanthurus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885 - Northwestern Ridge-tailed Monitor

Varanus acanthurus acanthurus

subspecies Varanus acanthurus brachyurus Sternfeld, 1919 - Common Ridge-tailed Monitor
subspecies Varanus acanthurus insulanicus Mertens, 1958 - Island Ridge-tailed Monitor

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [83777229]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Varanus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Australian Faunal Directory [e1e65775-487c-45b2-8dcb-f7931d611fd4]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Varanus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885]
Data retrieved on: 26 January 2015

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