Species Varanus ocreatus Storr, 1980

• Varanus storri ocreatus Storr, G.M. 1980. The monitor lizards (genus Varanus Merrem, 1820) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8: 237-293 [283, pl. 11].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R42717, Argyle Downs airstrip, WA [16°20'S 128°46'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Varanus ocreatus (Storr, 1980). —
  Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., Esquerré, D., Fitch, A.J., Maryan, B., Doughty, P., Donnellan, S.C. & Keogh, S.J. 2022. Between a rock and a dry place: phylogenomics, biogeography, and systematics of ridge-tailed monitors (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus acanthurus complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 173(107516): 1-19

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NW QLD and adjacent NT and NE NT to Kimberley, WA.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

General References

Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [785] (as V. storri ocreatus)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	LACERTILIA	25-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		16-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)