Golden-spotted tree monitor

Golden-spotted tree monitor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Varanidae
Genus:Varanus
Subgenus:Euprepiosaurus
Species: V. boehmei
Binomial name
Varanus boehmei
Jacobs, 2003

The golden-spotted tree monitor (Varanus boehmei) is a species of monitor lizard endemic to Waigeo Island in Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, boehmei, is in honor of German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme.[1]

Geographic range

V. boehmei is native to the forests of Waigeo, Indonesia.

Behavior

Golden-spotted tree monitors have prehensile tails, and they spend most of their lives in trees.[2]

Description

They grow to around 1 m (3.3 ft) in total length (including tail).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Varanus boehmei, p. 30).
  2. 1 2 "Varanus boehmei at Monitor-lizards.net". Archived from the original on 2010-05-19.

Further reading

  • Jacobs HJ. 2003. A further new emerald tree monitor lizard of the Varanus prasinus species group from Waigeo, West Irian (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). Salamandra 39 (2): 65-74. (Varanus boehmei, new species).
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