Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Report
 
Go to Screen Version

Varanus panoptes  Storr, 1980
Taxonomic Serial No.: 716531

(Download Help) Varanus panoptes TSN 716531

 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Yellow-spotted 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 panoptes Storr, 1980 – Yellow-spotted Monitor  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SubspeciesVaranus panoptes horni Böhme, 1988  
                                        SubspeciesVaranus panoptes panoptes Storr, 1980  
                                        SubspeciesVaranus panoptes rubidus Storr, 1980  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid   
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Varanus panoptes    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  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 panoptes, Yellow-spotted Monitor [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s):    
  Publication Date:    
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:    
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for:    
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment:    
 

 

    


Disclaimer: ITIS taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes. While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and up-to-date information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in provisions of treaties to which the United States is a party, wildlife statutes, regulations, and any applicable notices that have been published in the Federal Register. For further information on U.S. legal requirements with respect to protected taxa, please contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

A gray bar