Bibliography for Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838)

• Bennett, A.F. 1973. Blood physiology and oxygen transport during activity in two lizards, Varanus gouldii and Sauromalus hispidus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 46A: 673-690
• Berney, F.L. 1936. Gould's monitor (Varanus gouldiae). Queensland Naturalist 10: 12-14
• Blyth, E. 1878. Hydrosaurus ocellarius, In Theobald, W. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle du Belgique 47(extra number): 21
• Brennan, I., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Portik, D.M., Weijola, W., Welton, L., Donnellan, S.C. & Keogh, J.S. 2021. Phylogenomics of Monitor lizards and the role of competition in dictating body size disparity. Systematic Biology 70(1): 120-132
• CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study.
• Cogger, H.G. 1975. The Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 584 pp.
• 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.
• Duméril, A.M.C. & Duméril, A. 1851. Catalogue Méthodique de la Collection des Reptiles. Paris : Mus. Hist. Nat. iv 224 pp.
• Fitch, A.J., Goodman, A.E. & Donnellan, S.C. 2006. A molecular phylogeny of the Australian monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Australian Journal of Zoology 54: 253-269
• Gray, J.E. 1838. A catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1: 388-394
• Green, B. 1972. Water loss of the sand goanna (Varanus gouldii) in its natural environment. Ecology 53: 452-457
• ICZN 2000. Opinion 1948: Hydrosaurus gouldii Gray, 1838 (currently Varanus gouldii) and Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980 (Reptilia, Squamata): specific names conserved by the designation of a neotype for H. gouldii. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57(1): 63-65
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• Johnson, C.R. 1976. Some behavioural observations on wild and captive sand monitors, Varanus gouldii (Sauria: Varanidae). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 59: 377-380
• King, M. & King, D. 1975. Chromosomal evolution in the lizard genus Varanus (Reptilia). Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 28: 89-108
• Mertens, R. 1942. Die Familie der Warane (Varanidae). Dritter Teil: Taxonomie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 466: 235-391
• Mertens, R. 1958. Bemerkungen über die Warane Australiens. Senckenbergiana Biologica 39: 229-264
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• Péron, F. 1807. Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, Fait par Ordre du Gouvernement, sur les Corvettes le Géographique, le Naturaliste, et la goëlette le Casuarina, pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Historique. Paris : Arthus Bertrand Vol. 1.
• Pianka, E.R. 1968. Notes on the biology of Varanus eremius. Western Australian Naturalist 11: 39-44
• Pianka, E.R. 1982. Observations on the ecology of Varanus in the Great Victoria Desert. Western Australian Naturalist 15: 1-8
• Shea, G.M. & Cogger, H.G. 1998. Comments on the proposed conservation of the names Hydrosaurus gouldii Gray, 1838 and Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980 (Reptilia, Squamata) by the designation of a neotype for Hydrosaurus gouldii. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(2): 106-111
• Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91
• Storr, G.M. 1980. The monitor lizards (genus Varanus Merrem, 1820) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8: 237-293
• Warburg, M.R. 1965. Studies on the environmental physiology of some Australian lizards from arid and semiarid habitats. Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 563-575
• Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985]

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