Species Varanus mertensi Glauert, 1951

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Species Varanus mertensi Glauert, 1951

Mertens' Water Monitor

Varanus mertensi Glauert, L. 1951. A new Varanus from East Kimberley, Varanus mertensi sp. n. Western Australian Naturalist 3: 14-16 [14, fig.].
Type data:
Holotype WAM R5819, Moola Bulla Cattle Station, near Hall's Creek, East Kimberley, WA.
Varanus bulliwallah Worrell, E. 1956. A new water-monitor from northern Australia. The Australian Zoologist 12: 201-202 [201, pls 27-29].
Type data:
Holotype AM R14810, Bulliwallah Station, on the Belyando River, QLD.

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. [130]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, 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)

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

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), 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

Arboreal, diurnal, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, low open, low open woodland, low woodland, open forest, oviparous, predator, shrubland, swamp, tall open shrubland, tussock grassland.