Storr's monitor

Storr's monitor
Varanus storri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Varanidae
Genus:Varanus
Species: V. storri
Binomial name
Varanus storri
Mertens, 1966

Storr's monitor (Varanus storri ) is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, storri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Glen Milton Storr.[1]

Subspecies

  • Varanus storri ocreatus Storr, 1980
  • Varanus storri storri Mertens, 1966

References

  1. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Varanus storri, p. 256).

Further reading

  • Mertens R (1966). "Ein neuer Zwergwaran aus Australien ". Senckenbergiana biologica 47: 437-441. (Varanus storri, new species). (in German).
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