Species Varanus glebopalma Mitchell, 1955
Black-palmed Monitor, Long-tailed Rock Monitor, Twilight Monitor
- Varanus (Odatria) glebopalma Mitchell, F.J. 1955. Preliminary account of the Reptilia and Amphibia collected by the National Geographic Society—Commonwealth Government—Smithsonian Institution Expedition to Arnhem Land (April to November, 1948). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 11: 373-408 [389].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA R3222, S end of Lake Hubert, NT.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf
- Western Australia: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, low open woodland, low woodland, open forest, oviparous, predator, saxicoline, tall open shrubland.
General References
Horn, H.-G. & Schürer, U. 1978. Bemerkungen zu Varanus (Odatria) glebopalma Mitchell, 1955 (Reptilia: Sauria: Varanidae). Salamandra 14: 105-116
Mertens, R. 1958. Bemerkungen über die Warane Australiens. Senckenbergiana Biologica 39: 229-264 (taxonomy)
Storr, G.M. 1980. The monitor lizards (genus Varanus Merrem, 1820) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8: 237-293 (taxonomy)
Swanson, S. 1979. Some rock-dwelling reptiles of the Arnhem Land escarpment. Northern Territory Naturalist 1: 14-18 (natural history)
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Long-tailed Rock Monitor)
Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [40] (Black-palmed Monitor)
History of changes
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07-Feb-2024 | 16-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |