Species Varanus semiremex Peters, 1869

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Species Varanus semiremex Peters, 1869

Rusty Monitor

Varanus (Odatria) semiremex Peters, W. 1869. Über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 57-66 [65].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 5776, Cape York, NE Australia.
Odatria semireme Günther, A. 1875. Reptiles. A list of saurians of Australia and New Zealand. In, Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror. Vol. 2. London : E.W. Janson. [9] [lapsus for Varanus (Odatria) semiremex Peters, 1869].
Varanus boulengeri Kinghorn, J.R. 1923. A new Varanus from Coquet Island, Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 14: 135-137 [135, pls 17-18].
Type data:
Holotype AM R8083, Coquet Is., Howick Group, 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. [132]

Distribution

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Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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