Species Varanus varius (White, 1790)

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Species Varanus varius (White, 1790)

Lace Monitor

Lacerta varia White, J. 1790. Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, with sixty five plates of non-descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. Appendix. London : Debrett 299 pp. [253, pl. 38] [non Lacerta varia Wyttenbach, 1789, a nomen nudem in the family Lacertidae].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown (presumed lost), NSW.
Tupinambis variegatus Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des Reptiles. Paris : Dufart Vol. 3 452 pp. [76].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 8287, Sydney, NSW (as Port Jackson).
Varanus bellii Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1836. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 3 iv 517 pp. [493, pl. 35 fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 8283, Australia.
Varanus (Hydrosaurus) mustelinus de Borre, A.P. 1870. Description d'une nouvelle espèce africaine du genre (Varanus). Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 2 29: 122-130 [124].
Type data:
Holotype RIB 9422 (Typ. Cat. 2002), 'Côte de Guinée'.
Varanus various Berney, F.L. 1936. Gould's monitor (Varanus gouldiae). Queensland Naturalist 10: 12-14 [13] [errore for Lacerta varia White, 1790].

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. [134]

Generic Combinations

Varanus varius (White, 1790).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

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

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Victoria