Hermit monitor
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| Lucas & Frost , 1895 |
The rusty desert monitor ( Varanus eremius ) is an Australian endemic nature of Squamata from the kind of lizards ( Varanus ). He is counted to the subgenus Odatria . It was first described in 1895 by Lucas & Frost . In the English language , the species is called rusty desert monitor and pygmy desert monitor .
Physique, appearance
This dwarf among the medium-sized monitor lizards reaches a total body length of 50 cm when fully grown. Its upper side shines in a light to dark reddish-brown basic color. Numerous black to deep blue spots are scattered across the skin. Its muscular tail is alternately drawn with cream-colored and deep brown vertical stripes. These often merge into points from the base of the tail to the body. Its underside is whitish in color. A noticeable black stripe arises from the snout and runs over the eyes.
distribution
Varanus eremius lives in Western and Central Australia , in the states and territories of Western Australia , South Australia , Northern Territory and also in a small area in Queensland . The hermit monitor is the most widespread species of the subgenus Odatria . The habitat types he prefers are the vast deserts and semi-deserts typical of Australia .
behavior
This species spends most of its life on the ground and rarely climbs trees. Several dead specimens were dissected while researching food habits . The stomach contents showed that the hermit monitor feeds 76% of other smaller lizards. The rest of the animals eaten were large grasshoppers and occasionally scorpions .
literature
- PIANKA, ER (1968): Notes on the biology of Varanus eremius. Western Australian Naturalist 11: 39-44, Perth.
- Bennet, DF 2003 Australian monitors. Reptilia (GB) (30): 12-19
- De Lisle, HF 1996 Natural History of Monitor Lizards. Warrior, Malabar (Florida)
- Lucas, AHS and C. Frost. 1895, notice of certain new species of lizards from Central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 7: 264-269
- Eidenmüller, B. 2007. Small monitors in the terrarium. Reptilia (Münster) 12 (1): 16-23
- Bennet, DF (2003). Australian monitor lizards. Reptilia (Münster) 8 (5): 18-25
- Fuller, Susan; Peter R. Baverstock and Dennis King 1998 Biogeographic origins of goannas (Varanidae).: A Molecular Perspective. Mol Evol Phylogenet. 9 (2): 294-307.
- Pianka, ER 2003 Australian desert Varanidae. Reptilia (GB) (30): 20-26
- King, Dennis & Green, Brian. (1999). Goannas: The Biology of Varanid lizards. University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 0-86840-456-X
- Mertens, R. 1958. Remarks Law on the Monitor Lizard of Australia. Senckenberg. Biol. 39: 229-264.
- Mertens, R. 1942 The family of monitor lizards (Varanidae), 3 part :. Taxonomy. Dep. Senckenb. natural Ges, 466 :. 235-391
- Harold G. Cogger: Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia. 6th edition. Ralph Curtis Books, Sanibel, Florida 2000, ISBN 0-88359-048-4 .
- Pianka, ER 2003. The monitor lizards of the Australian desert. Reptilia (Munster) 8 (5): 29-35
- Eidenmüller, B. 2007 Small monitors in the terrarium. Reptilia (GB) (50): 12-19
Web links
- Varanus eremius in The Reptile Database
- Einsiedelwaran on waranwelt.de
- Einsiedelwaran on mampam.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Einsiedelwaran on kingsnake.com
- ↑ Einsiedelwaran ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on Monitor-lizards.net.Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ↑ Storr & Harold 1980 Pianka, ER (1968). Notes on the biology of Varanus eremius. West. Aust. Nat. 11: 39-44 1968; Houston 1978;
- ↑ Storr GM (1980). The monitor lizards (genus Varanus Merrem, 1820) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8 (2) 1980: 237-293.
- ↑ Einsiedelwaran on uts.cc.utexas.edu
