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Varanus salvator  (Laurenti, 1768)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174117

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Stellio salvator Laurenti, 1768
  
  Common Name(s): Common Water Monitor [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyVaranidae  – Monitors, Monitor Lizards  
                                  GenusVaranus Merrem, 1820 – Monitor Lizards  
                                     SpeciesVaranus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) – Common Water Monitor  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Subspecies Varanus salvator andamanensis Deraniyagala, 1944  
                                        Subspecies Varanus salvator bivittatus (Kuhl, 1820)  
                                        Subspecies Varanus salvator celebensis (Schlegel, 1844)  
                                        Subspecies Varanus salvator macromaculatus Deraniyagala, 1944  
                                        Subspecies Varanus salvator salvator (Laurenti, 1768)  
                                        Subspecies Varanus salvator ziegleri Koch and Böhme, 2010  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Varanus salvator    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Varanus salvator   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (May 2023), website (version May-2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2023) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed, accessed 9 May 2023   
  Reference for: Varanus salvator, Common Water Monitor [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Varanus salvator   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Introduced  
 

 

    

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