Species Varanus prasinus (Schlegel, 1839)
Emerald Monitor
- Monitor prasinus Schlegel, H. 1839. Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständing bekannter Amphibien, nach der Natur oder dem Leben entworfen, herausgegeben und mit einem erläuternden Text begleitet. Dusseldorf : Arnz xiv 141 pp. 50 pls. [monograph published in parts during the period 1837-1844] [78, pl. 22 fig. 5].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Fort Du Bus and Oeroe-Langoeroe Bay (as W coast of New Guinea), Irian Jaya, Indonesia.Type locality references:
Mertens, R. 1963. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Lanthanotidae. Das Tierreich 79: i-x 1-26. - Monitor viridis Gray, J.E. 1831. A synopsis of the species of the class Reptilia. pp. 1-110 in Griffith, E. (ed.). The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier. London : Whittaker, Treacher & Co. Vol. 9 481+110 pp. [1831 on title page] [synopsis 26] [we have followed Mertens, R. 1963. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Lanthanotidae. Das Tierreich 79: i–x 1–26 in regarding Monitor viridis as a nom. dub.].
Secondary source:
Mertens, R. 1963. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Lanthanotidae. Das Tierreich 79: i-x 1-26. - Monitor beccarii Doria, G. 1874. Enumerazione dei rettili raccolti dal Dott. O. Beccari in Amboina alle Isole Aru ed alle Isole Kei durante gli anni. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 6: 325-357 [331, fig. 11a].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCG, Wokam (as Wokan), Aru Ils, Indonesia; whereabouts unknown other syntypes. - Monitor kordensis Meyer, A.B. 1874. Eine mitteilung von Hrn. Dr. Adolf Bernhard Meyer über die von ihm auf Neu-Guinea den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahr 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 128-140 [1875 on title page] [131].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Biak Is., Schouten Group (as Kordo, Mysore), Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Mertens, R. 1963. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Lanthanotidae. Das Tierreich 79: i-x 1-26
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [131]
Generic Combinations
- Varanus prasinus (Schlegel, 1839).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Northern Torres Strait Islands QLD; New Guinea
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, mangrove, oviparous, predator.
General References
Czechura, G.V. 1980. The emerald monitor Varanus prasinus (Schlegel): an addition to the Australian mainland herpetofauna. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20: 103-109
Mertens, R. 1942. Die Familie der Warane (Varanidae). Dritter Teil: Taxonomie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 466: 235-391 (taxonomy)
Mertens, R. 1959. Liste der Warane Asiens und der Indo-australischen er Inselwelt mit systematischen Bemerkungen. Senckenbergiana Biologica 40: 221-240 (taxonomy)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Emerald Monitor)
History of changes
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