Species Varanus scalaris Mertens, 1941

Museums

Regional Maps

• Varanus (Odatria) timorensis similis Mertens, R. 1958. Bemerkungen über die Warane Australiens. Senckenbergiana Biologica 39: 229-264 [239, pl. 24 fig. 2 pl, 28 fig. 9].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R10217, Groote Eylandt, NT.
• Varanus timorensis scalaris Mertens, R. 1941. Zwei neue Warane des Australischen Fauenengebietes. Senckenbergiana Biologica 23: 266-272 [266, fig.].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 32806, Mission Beagle Bay, Dampier Land, NW Australia.
• Odatria kuranda 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] [21].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R86868 (previously AM R68820), Kuranda, QLD [16°49'S 145°38'E].

  Secondary source:

   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 [64].
• Odatria pengilleyi 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] [21].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R94494, 40 km E Pascoe River crossing, on road to Iron Range, QLD [12°44'S 143°10'E].

  Secondary source:

   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 [64].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low woodland, open forest, oviparous, predator, tall open shrubland.

 

General References

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. [133] (as junior synonym of Varanus timorensis (Gray))

Cogger, H.G. & Lindner, D.A. 1974. Frogs and reptiles in fauna survey of the Port Essington District, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory of Australia. In Frith, H.J. & Calaby, J.H. (eds) CSIRO Div. Wildl. Res. Tech. Pap. 28: 63–107. (taxonomy)

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 (taxonomy)

Ruegg, R. 1974. Nachzucht beim Timor-Baumwaran, Varanus timorensis similis Mertens, 1958. Aquarium mit Aquaterra 8: 360-363 (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

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Spotted Tree Monitor)

 

History of changes

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)