Bush's dwarf monitor

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Bush's dwarf monitor
Systematics
without rank: Toxicofera
without rank: Sneaky (Anguimorpha)
Family : Varanidae
Genre : Monitor lizards ( varanus )
Subgenus : Odatria
Type : Bush's dwarf monitor
Scientific name
Varanus bushi
Aplin , Fitch & King , 2006

Bush's dwarf monitor ( Varanus bushi ) is a newly discovered species from the genus of monitor lizards ( Varanus ). The specific epithet honors the naturalist and herpetologist Brian Bush . Varanus bushi belongs to the subgenus Odatria .

description

Bush's dwarf monitor lives in Pilbara , a region in Western Australia . Adult Bush's dwarf monitor lizards reach a total length of 35 cm. In appearance, V. bushi is very similar to Gillen's monitor lizard ( Varanus gilleni ) and the striped- tail monitor ( Varanus caudolineatus ). Through morphological and genetic studies it has been found that all three species are genetically individual and therefore all were raised to the species status. Insects of all kinds are on their menu . The behavior of this monitor lizard has so far hardly been researched. It was first described in 2006 by Ken Aplin, Alison Jane Fitch and Dennis J. King.

See also

literature

  • KP Aplin, AJ Fitch, DJ King: A new species of Varanus Merrem (Squamata: Varanidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with observations on sexual dimorphism in closely related species. In: Zootaxa. Volume 1313, 2006, pp. 1-38.
  • B. Eidenmüller: Small monitors in the terrarium. In: Reptilia (GB). Volume 50, 2007, pp. 12-19.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Varanus bushi in The Reptile Database ; Retrieved January 20, 2011.
  2. ↑ Varanus bushi. In: inaturalist.org . Retrieved August 3, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Varanus bushi APLIN et al. 2006 Bush's-Pygmy Monitor. (No longer available online.) In: monitor-lizards.net . Archived from the original on May 19, 2010 ; Retrieved August 3, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.monitor-lizards.net
  4. ↑ A. Koch, M. Auliya, T. Ziegler: Updated checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (Squamata: Varanidae) . In: Bonn Zoological Bulletin . tape 57 , no. 2 , 2010, p. 127-136 ( PDF, 408 kB ).