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Species Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger, 1885

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Species Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger, 1885

Stripe-tailed Monitor

Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 2. London : British Museum xiii 497 pp. 24 pls. [324, pl. 18].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 64.7.22.3, Champion Bay, WA.
Varanus laudolineatus Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1901. A census of Australian lizards. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 8: 256-261 [258] [lapsus for Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger, 1885].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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. [127]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, oviparous, predator, tall shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.

General References

Mertens, R. 1942. Die Familie der Warane (Varanidae). Dritter Teil: Taxonomie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 466: 235-391 (taxonomy)

Mertens, R. 1958. Bemerkungen über die Warane Australiens. Senckenbergiana Biologica 39: 229-264 (taxonomy)

Pianka, E.R. 1969. Notes on the biology of Varanus caudolineatus and Varanus gilleni. Western Australian Naturalist 11: 76-82 (natural history)

Storr, G.M. 1980. The monitor lizards (genus Varanus Merrem, 1820) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8: 237-293 (taxonomy)

Common Name References

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] (Stripe-tailed Monitor)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		16-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)